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Leonie.
Axel Borg has quit school on
account of spring work.
Anna Spindler returned to
Bonesteel last Wednesday.
Edward Hubby was a pleasant
caller at Flannigan’s farm last
Sunday.
Mrs. S. E. Hicks has been
quite sick the past week, but is
much better now.
Ross Ridgeway expects tomove
on his farm near Opportunity in
the near future.
The Redbird creek has been
the highest in some time. No
bridges have gone out, so far.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hansen
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are rejoicing over the arrival of a
baby girl. She arrived 27th day
of March.
We hear that Mr. and Mrs.
John Moler of Wall, S. D. have a
new boy, which came to their
home March 15th.
Ernest Ohleen and Mrs. Inga
Bergstrom came down from An
oka, to visit with relatives at the
home of Eric Borg.
Mr. Erwin, wife and daughter,
Ollie, went to Spencer some time
ago and have not returned on ac
count of the Whiting bridge not
being safe while the water is so
high.
Thomas Golden, John Cran
dall, Edward Hubby, Westley
Goodfellow, and Web. Smith
went hunting Saturday and Sun
day. We did not learn what they
got, but think they got some big
game.
in regard to last weeks news
there were a few fnistakps. A
white horse was seen galloping
toward Elmer Rouse’s Sunday.
Of course you know every horse
has a rider and this one did. All
horses have a rider when they
are bound for somewhere where
there are girls to entertain.
The snow that fell Saturday
night was quite unexpected. J
think it is going to snow' all sum
mer, as it did in the summer of
1816. That summer a man had
to build a fire near his corn field
in order to save his corn; the
snow was so deep that all birds
perished on account of lack of
food. Don’t be discouraged farm
ers it will start in raining instead
of snowing, pretty quick. Get
ready for spring, buy an umbrel
la and a rain coat for spring is
coming.
A program and box social was
given at the Joy school house last
Saturday night by pupils of the
school and their teacher, Mr.
Murray, assisted by his sister and
Miss Anderson of Dorsey. Much
credit is due them as it was a suc
cess in every way. ’Every part
>f the program was well arrang
ed and carried out. Special
mention should be made of Miss
Emma Anderson, who gave sev
errl readings which were well re
ceived by the audience. She
recited in a natural and graceful
manner, which showed her rare
ability, talent and carefultraining,
Miss Murray’s readings w'as also
delivered in a pleasingway, and
were heartily enjoyed by all. A
large crow was in attendance and
about $32 was taken in which
will be used in the interest of the
school.
Opportunity Items.
The high water of last week
done considerabls damage to
mmerous bridges on the Red
'ird and its tributary branches,
which will necessitate consider
ible work to repair the damages.
Last Saturday night we were
visited by a light fall of snow,
which was accompanied by
bunder and lightning. This
storm was predicted for this time
by Prof. Devoe, which goes to
show lie is some weather fore
caster.
The annual meeting of the
Spring Branch Telephone Co.
was held at Eden Valley school
house according to schedule on
Saturday, March 30. Our super
visor, Hank Tomilson of Mineola,
attended the telephone meeting
and he assured the writer that
die prospect of establishing a
connection between the Spring
Branch and Mineola line was
good. That is what we have
been waiting to hear, as a con
nection between the two lines
will make it more convenient for
die stock holders of both lines.
On the 19th of April is primary
day all over this state. Many
voters will doubtless stay at home
hen as usually in the belief that
the primary election is of no im
portance whatever. That is a
great mistake. They should realize
that the primaries is the place
where the voters express their
choice for candidates, and also
vote for delegates to represent
them in both state and national
conventions. If they stay away
from the primarys how do they
expect that delegates and can
didates of their choice will be
nominated and elected. It simply
amounts to this: That if they
neglect their primary, the big
interests certainly will not, and
the result will be that when elec
tion day comes they will find that
they have no other choice than to
vote for candidates selected by
the trusts and corporations. In
that case the laboring man will
have no cause to kick, because it
will be their fault if such a con
dition exists in this state this fall.
Then let us take our position on
the firing line and be ready to
act as well as talk and we will
stand a better chance to win than
if we remain indifferent to the
imporance of the primary.
Inman Items.
Mrs. Martha McCutchen went
to Clearwater last Sunday to visit
friends.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Emmet
Stamp last Tuesday evening a
baby boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bentz
came up from Norfolk to visit
with relatives.
John Colemans sale last Tues
day was good and things sold
very reasonable.
George Wilcox left for Wayne
last Wednesday morning, where
he will attend school.
Good Friday services wiil be
in the M. E. church next Friday.
Everybody cordially invited.
The Misses Blanch and Grace
Keyes left last Tuesday for
Wayne where they will attend
school.
Isaac Baldwin,formely of Cham
bers but now a resident of Lin
coln, is here visiting relatives and
friends.
George Keyes moved onto the
Emery Downey farm last week,
and Frank Conrad took possession
of the hotel.
The last number of the lecture
course will be next Saturday even
ing, which will be the Fraternity
Male Quartette.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Doughty
came up from Norfolk last Thurs
day to visit with their daughter,
Mrs. Leon Tompkins, returning
home Monday.
Sheriff Grady was down from
O’Neill last Friday to take the
three Dagos up to O’Neill. Last
Thursday they held up Morgan
Crosser and caused a general
disturbance.
A micellaneous shower was
given in honer of Miss Kate
Mossman last Thursday after
noon. A large number of young
ladies’ were present and all re
ported a fine time.
Kola Items ■
O. W. Baker and wife were
visitors at Kola Sunday.
Robert and Fred Benjamm
were in Atkinson last Saturday.
Miss Lilly Bruner went to
West Point, Nebr. to attend the
funeral of her aunt.
Mrs. Ingal and children of Bal
lagh were visiting at the home
of Evart Lee last week.
F. D. Burket and wife are re
joicing over the arrival of a little
son at their home on March 29th.
J. B. Barnum returned home
again, he had been visiting his
brother, Charles at Chambers.
J. H. McPharlin of O’Neillreturn
ing with him.
Mr. Oscar Hodson and Miss
Francis Selix were married in
Burwell on Feb. 28th, and about
three weeks after, on account of
the bad weather, the young peo
ple were tendered a reception at
the home of the brides’ father,
about 100 were present to wish
them joy through their married
journey. Miss Selix is a grand
daughter of Mrs. Clouse of O’
Neill.
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The nineteenth century made some
wonderful changes In personal respon
sibility. During the early part of It,
whether or not there was more inher
ent honor among men, It was necessary
to leave a great deal to the honor of In
dividuals. An exercise of anything
keeps it alive. When It Is dormant It
is liable to retrograde. It was not till
1800 or thereabouts that the punch
system for fare collectors on railroads
and street car lines was Introduced,
and the companies made the public
their agents, Informing them of the
conductor’s duties. It wns one of these
notices posted In a street car that
gave rise to Mark Twain's celebrated
doggerel:
A pink trip Blip for an eight cent fare.
A blue trip Blip for a six cent fare,
A buff trip slip for a five cent fare,
Punched In the presence of the passengers.
Punch. brotherB, punch; punch with care;
Punch In the presence of the pasBengerel
Then, too, the merchant of the early
part of the nineteenth century consid
ered It a disgrace to fail in business.
He had Inherited from his ancestors
the tradition that in monetary trans
actions he could only maintain a re
spected position among bis fellow men
by paying dollar for dollar. Many a
man of that time died of a broken
heart not entirely because of the loss
of Ills wealth, but the loss of his honor.
These illustrations could be added ad
libitum, but the two mentioned will
suffice to give the younger members of
the community today an idea of those
times when there were no patent de
vices for insuring honesty.
When the war between the states
broke out Ned Carlcton, a boy of fif
teen, enlisted, though he was three
years under the required age, and
marched south with his regiment. Aft
er the battle of Shiloh he was reported
missing and was dropped from the reg
imental roster. Hla family mourned
him as dead.
In the year 1000 a man giving his
name as Judson MacIntyre called
upon an oculist to save the sight of one
of his eyes. The oculist after a num
ber of visits on the part of the patient
discovered that he was suffering from
a depression at a certain point in his
skull, causing a pressure on the optic
nerve, and recommended trepanning
the part MacIntyre was operated
on by a surgeon and the moment he
became conscious after the passing of
the effect of the anaesthetic cried out,
rising to a sitting posture;
"Stand fast, boys! We’re drivln' 'em.”
“Don’t excite yourself,” said the sur
geon gently forcing the putient down
on his back.
“Oh, I see," said Maclntjye, look
ing about him, “I’ve been hit I'm in
hospital, I suppose.”
“The operation has been successful
You’ll be all right very soon.”
“Did we lick ’em?”
“Lick whom?”
“The Confederates.”
Those about the patient looked at
one another as much as to say, “He’s
out of his head."
“You must keep quiet, Mr. MacIn
tyre,” said the surgeon.
“MacIntyre! Who are you talking
to? My name’s not MacIntyre; I’m
Ned Carleton of the Indiana volun
teers.”
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pressure on his brain, occasioned by a
wound in the head, had made him ob
livious to his existence for the first
fifteen years of his life. How he had
come to assume another name he
didn't quite remember, but during four
decades he had lived under that name.
But he had not lived In America. His
earliest remembrance was of Australia,
though how he got there he didn’t
know. He had been a sailor a part of
the time since he began his second
existence, while the rest had been spent
as a sheep herder.
And now Carleton, fifty-five years old,
having recovered from the operation,
was obliged to go out Into the world
and earn a living. He had been well
educated for a boy of fifteen and wrote
an excellent hand. He went about ap
plying for a clerkship. Everywhere
he applied he was received with sur
prise.
"We don’t hire any one of your age
for a clerk,” ho was told. "We pre
fer very young men.”
“I’m a good penman. Can’t you give
me some copying to do?”
“Typewriting?”
“Typewriting! What’s that?”
“That young lady will explain it to
you,” pointing to a girl clicking a ma
chine.
The poor fellow, taking up as he did
the thread of life from the age of six
teen, did not apply for a man's work.
One day Carleton, being kindly re
ceived by a benevolent looking gentle
man, told the man his story, eliciting
a great deal of Interest
“I will do what I can for you,” said
the gentleman. “We need a collector.
How would you like that position?”
“Glad to get anything,” said Carle
ton, “and I’m sure you will find me
honest I’ll not pocket my collections.”
The gentleman did not seem Impress
ed with that phase of the case, but he
gave Carleton the position, naming
bis salary at $10 a week. Carleton
wus surprised.
“Do you mean, Mr. Gregory,” be
asked, “that I ami to bg trusted to
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colleetfundsfor you and to paid only
$10 a week? It seems to me that you
need a trustworthy person for that
service, and a trustworthy person
should command more money.”
"Oh, we don’t take any account of
honesty. There are insurance com
panies who attend to that.”
“And If I appropriate the funds I col
lect?”
“They will secure your arrest and
put you in Jail.”
Carleton looked at the man in as
tonishment
“Do you think, Mr. Gregory, that to
deny a man your confidence is con
ducive to honesty?”
"To speak frankly, I do not”
“Then why do you tefuse to trust
me?”
“Because it is the system under
which all men work. We cannot do
business under different conditions
from other concerns.”
“May I consider your offer over
night?”
“Yes, if you like,” with some sur
prise.
Cnrleton had been born of Christian
parents, who had taught him to be
scrupulous In the matter of “mine and
thine,” never to tell a lie and to con
sider himself required to deal honor
ably by all men. This offer of a posi
tion with an Insurance policy on his
honor was a bitter pill for him to
swallow, but he must make a living,
and the next morning he went to Mr.
Gregory and told him that he was
ready to go to work.
“Very well; go upstairs and have
your photograph taken.”
“Photograph! What's that for?"
“A custom of these times. All our
employees are photographed. If they
run away with our funds and we have
a likeness their capture Is easier.”
“Do you mean. Mr. Gregory, that you
keep a rogues' gallery of your clerks?”
“Not at nil. We keep the gallery,
and It is for the Individual to make a
rogue of himself."
Col leton stood looking at the gentle
man with eyes wide open. Finally he
said:
“I was brought up by a father and a
mother who would have considered It
duugerous to me not to give me their
Implicit confidence. You are treating
your fellow men ns they dared not
treat me, and by doing so If you are
not encouraging dishonesty you are
surely paving the way for It If I ac
ceded to your terms I should consider
that so far as you are concerned I had
a right to beat you if I could. This
would be the first step to my own deg
radation. The next would be to beat
the rest of the world If I could do so
without risk to myself. I am much
obliged for your offer, but I cannot ac
cept It. I was born at a time when all
men were trusted till they proved un
worthy. I came to my youth at a time
when my countrymen were acting upon
the highest principle of honor In giv
ing their lives for their fellow men.
Suppose that vast army who died on
the battlefield and In the hospital
should rise from their graves and con
front you. Would they not shudder at
the standard of honor which has re
placed the one under which they gave
up their lives?”
Mr. Gregory listened to these words,
spoken by one who had really but Just
renewed his existence from that period
when the youth of the country had
lived under a higher standard of honor,
a standard of truest manhood, and
when he had finished said:
“The years, the centuries, are rolling
on. The standard of one age Is-not the
standard of another. But while we
must preserve our Individual honor we
must submit to that which exists about
us.
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utep over forty years. You find that
the system, or, rather, the lack of sys
tem, of that time has been replaced by
another. The youth of '61 would
hnve scorned to accept a position
wherein provisions were taken to avoid
loss by their dishonesty and to facili
tate their capture If they betrayed a
trust We have not now the youth of
'61. Wo have the youth of the twen
tieth century. Nevertheless they are
the same beings, and the latter may
maintain their self respect as well as
the former, for, after all, It Is In the
man and not the system."
"Doubtless you are right, Mr. Greg
ory." after some thought, "but to
transplant the youth of '61 Into 1901
Is a failure. You might as well try
to grow oranges In the northern states.
I thank you for the position offered
me. but I shnll decline It, not that I
would demean myself by accepting It,
for you hnve shown me that after all
It Is the man rather than the system,
but that I cnnnot bear transplanting
from the soli of 'Cl to that of 1901."
That night Carleton slept on a
bench In n park, or, rather, he lay
awake, thinking of those who had been
fighting with him In the "hornets’ nest”
of Shiloh. Who of the company had
fallen? Who had lived and grown to
old age with the unexpired portion of
the century? Doubtless those who
were now alone had ceased to be a
part of the systems In vogue during
their youth and had glided uncon
sciously Into the systems of their old
age.
One morning a body was found float*
lng In a river and dragged ashore.
The clothing was shabby, the only
adornment being an army badge made
of gun metal. It was the corpse of
Edward Carleton. He had spoken
truly when he said that be would not
bear transplanting from the middle of
the nineteenth century to the begin
ning of the twentieth. He had tried
several Jobs, but the sense that he was
not trusted so worked upon his feel
ings that he at last gave up every one
of them. Havtng been taken from an
atmosphere where he breauied freely,
Ihe decided to go where breathing WU
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