THE PRICE OF GENIUS.
What It Means to Man to Be a Pioneer
In Thought.
To be a pioneer in thought is to
stand alone with nature, not for a few
minutes, but for life. The isolateness
of the few great minds of each gen
eration of men is utterly undreamed
of, for want of understanding, by
those about them. Yet think what
it Is to pass one’s days in a thought
world where the thinker roams alone; I
to grapple with problems the very .
terms of which are beyond ordinary ;
comprehension and the solution appre
ciated only in years to come; to con
template iu lonely ecstasy, after still
lonelier despair, the revelation that
comes, with months and more of pon
dering. When some one asked New
ton how he came to make his wonder
ful discoveries he replied, “Simply by
always thinking about them.” Consid
er Kepler toiling year after year fruit
lessly for some ratio that should link
the planet’s motions by a general law,
calculating assiduously and putting
hypothesis after hypothesis aside as he
found it would not work until at last,
after almost inconceivable toil, he hit
upon the one that would.
As if this loneliness by nature were
not enough, it must needs be accen
tuated by man, for he rises in such
cases in chorus to condemn. Consider
Darwin, in patient study, testing the
working out of natural selection and
adding fact to fact, only to have the
whole denounced as ridiculously ab
surd. Think you the denunciations of
the master while living are wholly
compensated by the plaudits after he
is dead? The loneliness of greatness
is the price men make the genius
pay for posthumous renown.—Percival
I.owell in Atlantic.
THE COOK’S FAULT.
No Wonder the Bird Was Not Tender
When Served.
One of the most annoying things
about swans is that they live to an
extremely great age anil that it is
impossible, for the ordinary observer
to guess what their years may be.
President Grover Cleveland once had
an amusing experience with some
swans, according to a writer in the
American Magazine. He bad been in
the south shooting and brought home
a number of wild swans, one of which
he sent to each member of his cabi
net and to some other associates.
"All the boys,” said Mr. Cleveland,
"thanked me politely for having re
membered them, but none of them
seemed to have much to say about
how they enjoyed the birds.
"Carlisle, I found, had his cooked
on a night when he was dining out.
Another, when X asked him. said he
hoped I wouldn’t mind, but he had
sent his home to his old mother. Thur
ber didn’t mention his bird at all for
two days. Finally I asked him about
it.
" ‘Thurber, did you get that swan
all right?’
" ‘Yes, sir—oh, yes, I got the swan
all right, thank you,’ and he bent over
his desk nnd seemed very busy.
“‘Fine bird,’ I said.
“ ‘Yes. sir, fine bird,’ nnd he went on
working.
" ‘Eujoy eating him, Thurber?’
"Xle waited a minute, and then he
said: ‘Well. sir. I guess they didn’t
cook him right at my house. They
cooked him only two days.’ And he
went on working without cracking a
smile.”
Edible Flowers of India.
Many edible flowers, it appears, are
to be found In India. One of the most
appreciated grows on a tree about
which we have very little information,
but which in the country itself is
named the “mhowad.” The natives
consume an enormous number of these
flowers, whose pale yellow corollae are
pulpy and thick, and they prepare
them in various ways.
When they are fresh they are put iu
cakes, to which they give a sweet
flavor, but they are more especially
used for making bread after they have
been dried and reduced to flour. By
allowing them to ferment a kind of
wine is produced, and by distilling
them a brandy is obtained of which
the Hindoos are very fond.—Vulgarisa
tion Scientifique.
A Dandy of 1770.
From an English newspaper printed
in the year 1777 is the following de
scription of a dandy: “A few days ago
a macaroni made his appearance in
the assembly rooms at Whitehaven,
dressed in a mixed silk coat, pink satin
waistcoat and breeches covered with
an elegant silk net, white siik stock
ings with pink clocks, pink satin shoes
and large pearl buttons, a mushroom
colored stock covered with fine point
lace, hair dressed remarkably high and
stuck full of pearl pins.”
Utter Contempt.
“I s’pose you wouldn’t marry me if
I were the only man on earth?”
‘■I wouldn't even be engaged to you,”
responded the girl, “if you were the
only man at a summer resort.”—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
And the Parson Passed On.
“And what are you here for, my
friend?” asked the visiting parson of
an inmate of a reformatory.
“ ’Cause I can’t get out, thank you,”
replied the victim—Ladies’ Home Jour
nal. _
Lots of Company.
Stranger—You must find it very
lonely on these hills. Shepherd—Lone
ly! No, I don’t. Why, there was a
man an’ a ’oss passed yesterday, an’
there’s you today.—London Punch.
Greatness is the ability to meet the
unexpected.—Stowel!. __
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Disney Items.
Ernest Goodrich left for his home
in Illinois last Friday.
Hatch brothers, Loren, Clarence
and Thomas Simonson were in town
last Friday on business.
The stormy winds that prevail
now-a-days make it bad for threshing,
but we trust it will be better in
October.
Clarence Simonson got back all
right from his hunting trip, and re
ports the shooting is poor but hunt
ing is fine on account of the scarcity
of the game.
Andrew Schmidt is doing the
cement work for John Berger’s new
house and has the same nearly com
pleted I understand. The dimensions
of his house will be 26 x 28 with a 12
x 16 kitchen. Our informant made
an error in giving us the dimensions
before, so we note a correction.
O. B. Hatch, of Cedar Bluffs, Neb.,
has given up his hotel business in
that town and is talking of coming up
to Holt county to rent a farm. He
says in his letter that he is sorry he
did not stay here while he was here,
as a rich country like where he is, is
not a place for a man of limited
capital to get a start. Others who
have tried the same experiment that
he did, found that to be true and it is
not strange that he should be like all
the rest of the Holt county boys who
go away for a time and then want to
come back again.
The controversy between Cook and
Perry in regard to which deserves the
honor of being the first man to dis
cover the north pole, has aroused con
siderable interest here and the result
is that nearly every one in this local*
ity be'ieves in the absence of further
evidence that Cook is fully entitled to
the honor alright. Should the evi
dence that will be presented to the
scientific clubs of two or more
countries show that Cook did not
reach the pole as he claims he did, we
will bow to the superior judgment of
those bodies of competent men and
accord all honor to the actual dis
coverer, otherwise our present opinion
will remain in full force and effect
and we accord Dr. Cook the honors we 1
now believe he has earned instead of
Lieutenant Peary. Ironsides
Inman Items.
Mr. and Mrs. Brlnn of Omaha were
here visiting friends, Mr. and Mrs.
Jay Butler last week.
Orin Bishop is here from Wisner
this week repairing his property on his
farm northwest of town.
Mrs. Chas. Smith went to Norfolk
Wednesday for a short visit wish her
daughter, Mrs. Dan McGrane.
Quite a number of young folks went
on a hunting expedition last Monday.
They expect to be gone about a week.
Mrs. Dell Perry and children re
turned to Norfolk last Tuesday after
a visit here with friends and rela
tives.
Cleave Roe was called to Ainsworth
last week on account of his brother,
who has the typhoid fever and is
dangerously ill.
rne rarmers nave Deen ma*iug
good use of the good weather they
have been having and most of them
will have finished their haying this
week.
Mrs. Willie Leidy who has been to
Turner visiting with her parents re
turned last week accompanied by her
mother, who will make a short visit
here.
Master Laurence Malone, after
spending his vacation in the hay field
here, returned to his home at O’Neil)
Sunday evening where he will attend
school.
Ira E. Cahoon, the proprietor of
of the Fontanelle Creamery, Fon
tannelle, Neb., came up Wednesday
to enjoy the pleasure of a few days
hunting here.
Charley Boyle was taken; to Omaha
last Monday where he will probably
undergo some surgical operations.
Nothing definite as to his condition
can be stated.
Mr. Frank Charles, tire liveryman
of Chambers, drove over from Cham
bers Monday to meet Rev. and Mrs.
Hindmarcb, who have be en at Neligh
attending the conference.
There was no change made as to
who would be sent here as the minis
ter of the Methodist cliurc h and we
were all glad to welco*me Rev. John
Coleman back for the next year.
J. J. Ilalloran has rented his farm
and will have a sale whic h will in
clude live stock, farm implements,
etc., next Saturday, Octobe. * 2, after
which he is going to move to town.
Sunshine
Kola Items.
Jacob Pfund sr. was in O’jK'eill last
week.
Quite a delegation from Kola at
.ended the sale at Amelia last Satur
lay.
Mr. Stratton and wife are rejoicing
)ver the arrival of a little daughter at
their home.
School has begun in Dist. 247 about
4 miles northwest of Kola with Miss
Grace Pfund as teacher.
Mrs. J. J. King of West Point,Neb.,
came on last Tuesday’s stage to visit
at the homes of Mr. Bruner and Mrs.
Monroe, her brother and sister.
Notice.
The communion of the Lord’s Sup
per at the Dorsey and Scottville Pres
byterian churches next Sunday, Oc
tober 3rd at 11:30 a. m. and 3 p. m.
respectively. All cordially invited to
be present. H. Jacobs, Pastor.
To the Public.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
wish to extend a vote of thanks to the
public for their generous donations
in the erection of their new church
building, and especially those who
assisted them at the Bazaar of All
Nations.
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settlement in the Cheyenne Biver and
Standing Bock Indian Beservations,
October 4th to 23rd. Begistration to
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the capital of the state.
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Chicago & North Western By.
For full information regarding rates,
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