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"In speaking of a persons faults,
Pray don't forget your own;
And people living in glass houses,
Should Beldam throw a stone."
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President Taft will discover that
the surest way not to get "party
solidarity" Is to make party solidar
ity his sole aim.
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Senator lleyburn of Idaho Is so in
dignant about the civil war that if
Iho great conflict was to be fought
over again it is believed he would
almost enlist.
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According ts the geological experts
Alaska contains 16 billion tons of
coal. Even those who dislike the
Guggenheims and disapprove of their
methods must admit that 16-billion
fons of coal Is worth going after.
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The St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette says:
"Seven cases of cotton holsery and
gloves from Germany were cleared
through the local custom house yes
terday by the Tootle-Campbell Dry
Goods company. The'duty was $816.
14. The Brady Carpet company paid
$709.80 duty on 507 rolls of matting
from Japan." And the consumer
rays it.
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THIS WHUIIGHXT LAND.
The Chicago Tribune has made a
poll of all the newspapers mentioned
in the latest newspaper directory in
the territory west of the Alleghenies
and north of Mason and Dixon's line.
Two question were submitted: Do
you favor the re-election of Speaker
Cannon? and do you approve the
existing tariff law? The editors were
nsltcc! to specify tl.clr political pre
fercnies and the replies of all Demo
crats were discarded.
'The result Is an overwhelming con-
demtuitlon Of Speaker Cannon and1
the tariff law. The speaker was con-j
domned, 3194 to 577; the tariff law,
r.as disapproved, 3,463 to 839. Only
cabout six hundred of the adverse
votes in each cane came from Inde
pendent editors. The tremendous ma
jority in both Instances was made up
of Republicans When it Is recalled
that editors occasionally are post
r.niFterB or hold other government
positions, the meaning of the figures
Is the more apparent.
in general the editors fairly repre
sent public sentiment throughout the
country. So the poll shows how
overwhelmingly thla Bcntlment repu
diates the Republican organization in
congress and all its works. Even in
lll'nols, Cannon's home state, there
were only 57 votes In his favor to 199
against.
Is this feeling confined to the coun
try w st of the Alleghenies? People
usually are thinking pretty much the
name things through the country. It
will bo recalled that the majority of
the Republican governor of Massa
chusetts sank to near the vanishing
point laat November. It's a safe
Kuess that the east is insurgent, too.
Kansus City Star, Rep.
The Chicago Tribune with char
acteristic enterprise has been con
ducting a poll of the Republican and
Independent editors of the middle
west with a view of ascertaining their
sentiment rejecting the election of
Speaker Cannon to another term in
the speaker's chair and also to find
their opinions on the Aldrlch-Can
non tariff bill. The result has been
startling and has served to throw
the organization into a panic.
The oditors are lined up against
Cannon by a tote of 5 to 1 while tho
vote against tho Aldrlch-Cannon bill
is almost as groat. And this with
the Republlca and Independent edl
tors alone. No Democrats were con
suited upon tho matters. It had been
believed that a majority of the Re
publican editors were agalnBt Can
non but It had not been believed
Plattsmouth, Nebriskn
Publisher.
that there was near so large a pro
portion that way. It had also been
realized that there was a feeling
against the tariff bill but no one be
lieved the Republican editors would
line up against it by a vote of 3 to
1 which they have done.
An analysis of the vote suows that
the revolt against Cannonlsm and Al
drichism Is not confined to any sec
tion of the country but it exists all
over. The poll covered all the states
from the Alleghanies to the Pacific
coast and reflects very fairly the sen
timent of the people of that section
of the country. The editors who
were consulted were not the city
editors but were those from the coun
try the ones next to the people and
who reflect more closely than the big
city papers the exact state of public
sentiment.
Those who have been contending
that there was no revolt in the Re
publican party over the high-handed
proceedings of the adrainlsHration,
the Cannon-Aldrlch wing and the
tariff robbers, would do well to scan
this poll of the Tribune. It Is the
most significant thing which has ap
peared in recent years. It speaks vol
umes for an arousod public sentiment
and for the turning of the tide. The
iniquities of the tariff are becoming
apparent to everyone who has a living
to make and the people are learning
that it HeB at the bottom of many
of the Industrial troubles which ex-
st the country over. A revision down
ward was promised by the Repub
licans In the laBt campaign and thous
ands voted their ticket with that un
derstanding. President Taft in a
peech last Saturday denied flatly that
a downward revision was ever prom
ised despite his own speeches dur
lng the campaign in which he plainly
told the people this was what they
should expect If the Republicans tri
umphed.
It Is this betrayal of trust which
has changed the sentiment of the Re
publican editors and which has been
responsible for the wave of lnsur
gency which has swept the country
over.
Another significant feature of the
Tribune's poll was the declaration of
he editors upon the presidential ques
tion. They declared by a decisive ma
jority for Roosevelt, this sentiment
running strongly all over the coun
try. Ohio declared for Taft but with
a margin so narrow that It amounted
to a practical Roosevelt victory. Wis
consin was for LaKolbite who also
had a strong following all over the
middle west. One odd feature of the
poll was that forty Republican edi
tors voted for Bryan and quite a num
ber favored Glfford Plnchot. The poll
on presidential preference Is peculiar
and highly significant and adds food
for thought to the poll on Cannonlsm
and Aldrlchlsm.
Washington and the east will do
well to pause and study what is re-
vealed in these figures. They are po-
tent with mast meaning as to political
conditions which the Republican
pnrty will do well to heed. At the
Bame tlmo, they are encouraging to
Democracy which has but to stand
steady and fight tho good fight for
tariff reform and tho abolition of
uHSHism ana ptrivuoge as well as
czarlsm. The injection of other issues
now would be deplorable.
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Jl'IXJK HOSE'S VIEWS.
According to Supreme Judgo W
B. Roso the normal school of Ne
broska are Republican Bchools. They
have been created by Republicans and
are supported by Republicans. Their
presldentB, teachers and "distinguish
ed friends" "have been high in the
councils of tho Republican party."
A part of their duty la to be "far
tors in Bending Republicans to tho
legislature" The Republican party
is entitled to expect that Vo schools
accord "courteous treatment toward
county chairmen and party fficeri
and candidates." And the Republican
party has the right to hold the of
ficers and "other friends' of those
schools "to a reasonable degree of
party loyalty and support."
If the normal school president does
not permit the buildings of a normal
school to be used for campaign meet
ings and other partisan purposes,
then that president must be discharg
ed to make room for a more complais
ant educator.
Judge Rose put his views in writ
ing and signed his name to them.
Evidently they impressed George L.
Sheldon favorably. For, after he had
studied them, he promptly appointed
Mr. Rose a Judge of the supreme
court of Nebraska. It is not recorded
whether Mr. Rose, during the time he
was a party boss, ever indicted a let
ter to a supreme Judge Informing him
that is was his duty to lend the su
premo court to the uses of the Re-
pubican party. But schools and
courts may fairly be presumed to
stand on a parity iu this matter.
Judge Rose's views also favorably
Impressed State Treasurer Brian and
the eminent preacher-politician. Lu
ther P. Ludden, together with other
trusty Republican officials. They
were bo favorably Impressed, in fact,
that they acted on the Rose doctrine
by chopping off President Crabtree's
contumelious head.
Democrats, however, are still per
mltted to pay taxes and perform jury
Bervice in Nebraska. World-Herald
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Public Auction.
The undersigned will sell at public
auction at his present home on the
old John Magney farm, four miles
north of Nehawka and six and one-
half mllea east of Weeping Water,
on
THURSDAY, FEB. 24, 1910
the following property, to-wlt:
HOUSES AND CATTLE.
One iron gray gelding, four years
old, weight 1150, one iron gray geld
ing, eight years old, weight 1400, one
gray mare, smooth mouthed, weight
1200, one team of bay mules, smooth
mouthed, weight 2100, one black
mare, coming three years old, weight
1250, one gray mare, smooth mouth
ed, weight 1200, one bay gelding, six
years old, weight 1100, one iron-gray
gelding, five years old, weight 1200,
one black gelding, nine years old,
weight 1350, one black mare, eleven
years old, weight 1400, one gray
mare, smooth mouthed, weight 1200,
six cows, one heifer, six calves, one
cow and calf.
IMPLEMENTS.
Two farm wagons, three top bug
gies, one spring wagon, one stalk
cutter two 3-sectlon harrows, one hay
rake, one Deering mower, one Buck
eye mower, one Deering binder, one
Badger riding lister, one walking list
er, one Peru disc, 2 Badger riding
ultivators, one Tip-top cultivator, one
Avery cultivator, new; one riding
stubble plow, one walking stubble
plow, corn elevator and power, one
broadcast seeder, one 50-gallon iron
kottle, one U. S. icparator, two heat
lng Btoves, three sets of work bar
ess, two sets of single harness, 6
dozen full blooded Buff Orpington
chickens, three turkeys.
All my household goods and many
other articles too numerous to men
tton.
TERMS OP SALE.
All sumB of 10 and under, cash in
hand; over $10, a credit from six to
twelve months will be given, the pur
chaser giving good bankable paper
bearing eight per cent interest from
date. Troperty muBt be settled for
before being removed. Sale to com
mence at 10 o'clock a. tn. Free
lunch served on the grounds at noon
A. 11. Tl'CKEK.
Rob't Wllknson, Auctioneer
D. C. West, Clerk.
A. E. Taylor of Union came up this
morning on the early train to spend
tho day attending to business mat
ters
Do you want an
AUCTIONEER?
If you do, get one who has
Experience, Ability, Judgement.
Telegraph or write
ROBERT WILKINSON,
Dunbar, Neb.
Dates made at this office or tho
nrSflMurray State Bank.JB -
GoodJService, Reasonable Rates
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PEOPLE'S
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle
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Norfolk. Va.. Feb. 13.-Are tbe words
of our text true' Is it possible that
tbe true rcligluu of the Bible demands
nothing more of us tliau is expressed
lu this text? What about the Jew
ish Law? What about its sliiwireriug.
its burnt-offering, Its thank-offerings?
What about the ten cotutuauduieuts?
What about tbe digest of those com
mandments approved by our Lord Je
sus, "Thou shall love the Lord thy
Gud with all thy heart, with all thy
uilnd. with all thy being, with ull thy
strength; aud thou shall love thy
neighbor us thyself"? What about
Church attendance? What about our
responsibilities to our families? To the
Church? To the poor? What about
study of tbe Bible to know (iod'8 will':
What about our responsibility for the
heathen? What about baptism and
the Lord's supper?
Indirectly, dear brethren, all the
matters included iu our questions aud
many more are lueluded incidentally In
the provisions of our text. Sometimes
a whole sermon Is preached In a few
words. No one will dispute the rea
sonableness of tbe Divine requirement
as stated in our text Our Creator
could not Justly or with self-respect
ask less than this of his creatures' who
would enjoy his favor. The interests
of all demand that these principles
should be required of every creature
permitted the enjoyment of Divine fa
vor to the extent of eternal life. Who
ever falls to come up to these condi
tions would thus evidence bis un
worthiness of life , eternal; his pro
longed existence would merely be a
prospering of slu aud a menace to the
happiness and righteousness of others.
But now let us see tbe scope of this
Divine requirement, whose Justice we
have alreudy acknowledged. We note
the natural division of our text into
three parts:
(1) Doing Justly;
(2) Loving mercy;
(3) Walking humbly.
The requirement of lattice in all our
deallugs wlih our fellows, commends
itself to every rational mind, it In
cludes the whole Law of God. A
brief statement of that Law which
had our Lord's approval reads. Thou
sbalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and ull thy mind, all thy
being and ull thy strength;' and thou
sbalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On
these two propositions hang all the
Law aud the Prophets. It Is but just
that we should recognize our Creator
as first; that we should glorify the
One who gave us our being and all
tbe blessing that come therewith:
that we should be obedient to his
righteous requirements t hut make for
our own happiness and that of others
It is also but right that we should
recognize the rights of others, as we
would have them recognize our rights
The Golden Rule is the barest of jus
tlee. Not a hair's breadth less would
come within tbe requirements of out
text. Do Justly. Come, then, let us
reason together. Ilow many of us
do Justly In all of life's affairs in out
relationship to our God and to oui
neighbor?
Begin at home. Let each one critl
else his words and bis deeds toward
his parents: toward his children; to
ward bis brothers; toward his sisters;
toward husband; toward wife. Do
we In nil of our relationships of life
treat these who are so near and so
dear to us accord lux to the standards
of justice, according to the Golden
Rule? Do we do toward them as we
would have them do toward us? it
not. after making a beginning with
the Lord, striving to render to bin.
our homage and obedience, let us close
ly scrutinize every word, every act ot
the uoua life and see to what exteut
these can be Improved upon and made
more nearly Just. The majority of
people, we feel sure, will be surpiiseJ
to know how unjust they have been
toward those who are of the very
nearest and dearest of fleshly relation
ships.
Follow the mntter up and consider
tbe Justice or Injustice of your words
and deeds lu dally life with 'yout
neighbors and dally ussoiiates. Do you
invariably speak to them in the same
words aud with the same tone aud
gesture that you would approve if tbe.
wcro In your place and you lu theirs':
In mntters of business do you drive a
closer bargain with them that) you
would think just for them to make
with you? Or, on tbe other hand, do
you nsk of them higher prices for the
Bervlces or materials you furnish theui
than you would consider just and right
If you were the purchaser and the)
the Toudors? Do you watch your
chickens that they do uot commit dep
reflations upou your neighbor's garden
as cnrefully as you would wish your
neighbor to watch bis chickens as re
rpects your garden, if you had one?
Do you blow uo more tobacco smoke
in tho face of your neighbor than you
would like to have blm blow lu your
face? Aro you as careful about wip
ing your feet when entering his house
as you would like him to be when en
tering your house? Do you treat all
men, women, children and nnlmnls as
kindly, as gently, as properly every
way as you think would be Just aud
right If you wero In their place nnd
they lu yours? Ik wou spenk as kind
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PULPIT...
WHAT
GOD REQUIRES
OFJJS
Text. "NX1it Doth Thy God Require ol
Thee, but to Do Justly, and to Love Mercy,
and to Walk Humbly With Thy Cod)"
(Micah n, 8.)
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ly of your neighbors as you would
have tbem speak of you? Or do you
hold up their imperfections to ridicule,
as you would like to have tbem bold
up yours? Do you guard your tongue
so that you speak only things you
would think proper for your neighbor
to speak respecting you, if you changed
places?
Simple Justice Nothing More.
Do you not begin to see, dear friends,
that what God requires of us Is much
beyond what the majority have been
rendering? Do you stand appalled and
tell me that It would be Impossible to
live fully up to that standard? I agree
with you. And St. Paul agrees, say
ing, "We cannot do the things which
we would." The Scriptures again
agree aud declare "There is none
righteous, no. not one. Ail have sin
ned and come short of tbe glory of
God."
What shall we do? Shall we say
that because we are unable to live up
to our own conceptions and stand
ards of Justice we will make no at
tempt to do so, but abandon those
standards entirely? God forbid. We
are weak enough and Imperfect enough
as It la. To iguore our best Ideals of
Justice would be to take off all tbe
brakes and permit the downward tend
encies of our depraved natures to go
rapidly from bud to worse to carry us
further and further from God and tbe
standards of character which he ap
proves. We can surely be content to
do nothing less than our very best to
live np to our own Ideals and to raise
those Ideals as nearly as possible to
the Divine standard.
What Would Be the Usef
Suppose we do our very best dally
to measure up to our highest concep
tions of our God-given ideals and
standards, would God accept of this
and count us worthy of his favor and
of eternal life? Surely not. The Law
of the Lord is perfect Justice is
Justice. Not the hearer of a law, not
the well-wishing, receives the reward,
but the doer, the obedient Here. then.
we rind ourselves in difficulty. With
our hearts, our minds, we approve
God's Law and desire to be obedient
to him. but tind. as St Paul says, that
many things we wish to do we fail
to accomplish; and many of tbe things
we do not wish to do we cannot avoid.
"We cannot do the things that we
would." We approve the excellent de
mands of God's Law. We disapprove
tbe imperfections of our own flesh.
Like St Paul, we cry out. "O wretch
ed man that I am: who shall deliver
me from this dead body?" this body
thnt is Imperfect through Inherited
sin and weaknesses. With our minds
we serve God's Law and approve it;
but with our bodies we come short.
What Is our hope? flow shall we be
delivered? Can we prevail upon God
to change the reasonable requirement
of our text so that It shall read. What
doth God require of me but to will
Justly and do imperfectly? We can
not hope for stub a change In the
Divine Law Are we then hopeless as
respec ts Divine approval and eternal
life? (Romans vil. 17-'J4.i
The Gift of God le Eternal Life,
lu our moment of perplexity we
hear (Sod's message "speaking peace
through Jesus Christ our Lord " The
message of peace Is that what w-e
could uot do for ourselves in the way
of lifting ourselves up to Divine ap
proval God has provided shall be done
for us through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our failure to keep the Law murks us
as unworthy- of eternal life, aud
worthy of t he wages of sin not eter
nal torment, but death. God In mercy
concluded to offer us eternal life us a
gift because of our not actually merit
ing it under his legal requirements.
Thus we rend. "The wuges of Bin Is
death: but tbe gift of God Is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord"
(Romans vl. 23). What we could not
obtain legally under the Divine re
quirements God proffers to us as a
gift But the gift is a conditional one
as expressed In tbe words, "through
Jesus Christ our Lord." Only those
who accept Jesus Christ as "the Way.
the Truth, and the Life" may have
God's gift of eternal life. Hence It
will be Been that it Is wholly a mistake
to suppose that tbe heathen at home
or abroad cau get eternal life, the gift
of God. In Ignorance of Christ. All the
Scriptures confirm this aud declare not
only that we cannot save ourselves by
obodlcnco to tbe terms of God's Law,
but that "there Is none other name un
der heaven given among men, whereby
we must be saved"-through faith lu
his name through faith In his blood
(Acts iv. 12..
But how Is this done justly? and,
why does God so limit bis gift of eter
nal life?
God's Law represents himself and
cannot change. He cannot require less
tunn perfection. To do so would be to
Oil the Unlrerse to all eternity with
depraved and Imperfect beings. God
has a higher plan than this and de
clares. "As the heavens are higher than
the earth, bo are my way higher than
your ways" (Isaiah Iv, Hi, He explain
that bis ultimate purpose Is that then
shall be n Imperfect creature In ri
hl I'nlverse. All whose hearts ar
loyal to hl' and the prlnc,lnle of lu-
government shall be perfected, and all
others shall be destroyed In the Second
Death. Thus, eventually, every knee
shall bow and every tongue confess t
the glory of God. Then every creator
which Is in heaven, and on the earth,
ani under the earth, shall be heard
saying. Blessing, and honor and glory
and power be unto blm that sltteta
upon the throne, aud uuto tbe Lamb
forever (Revelation v. i:ti
You Are Bought With a Price.
Possibly God could have arranged
some other way of dealing with Ria
and sinners which would not have re
quired the death of Jesus as the Rue
Bom price, the purchase price, the re
demption price for sinners. But the
fact that this method was adopted by
our great Creator assures us that nw
other method would have been st
wise, so Just, so beneficial. No other
method would have so fully demon
strated God's Wisdom. Justice, Love
and Power.
In brief, then. God's arrangement Is
that all of his human creatures shnn
have opportunity of full return to har
mony with himself, provided they wish
to do so. provided their hearts, their
wills, are fully responsive to the letter
and spirit of his Law the require
ments set forth In our test. God has
provided In Jean for the satisfaction
of Divine Justice as respects all of the
condemned race who desire to return
to his favor.
We agree with all the orthodox
creeds of Christendom that only re
pentance from sin and an endeavor to
put it away from our thoughts and
words aud deeds, combined with faith
in the Redeemer's sacrifice and a full
consecration of heart and life to do
the Father's will nothing short f
this attainment will gain the novation
which God Is now holding out to man
kind. To such tbe Apostle explains that
the righteousness, tbe full demands of
the Law of God. his full requirement
"is fulfilled in us who are walking not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit"
(Romans vill, 4). From tbe moment ot
our consecration and begetting of the
holy Spirit God deals with this class
as with sons. He trains them In Urn
School of Christ disciplining, chasten
ing, proving tbem. testing the sincerity
of their consecration Vows and tbe
loyalty of their hearts. To those wh
prove faithful the great reward la
promised glory, honor, immortality,
jolnt-belrshlp with the Lord Jemw
Christ In his Millennial Kingdom and
Its work of blessing all the families of
the earth (Galatlans ill. 'J'J: Revelation
ill. 21 1.
Our disagreement with all "orthodox
creeds" Is In respect to what shall he
done with the utisnintly with those
who do not present themselves to God
and who are not begotten again f
the holy Spirit. Our creeds of the
dark ages misrepresented the teach
ings of the Rlhle In respect to these
and told us that tbey are all to be con
signed for hundreds or thousands of
years to Purgatory or for all etertilty t
in bell torment Not such is tbe teach
ing of God's Word, but the very re
verse, as we hnve previously shown.
The Scriptures do uot declare. In thee
and in thy Seed shall all tbe families
of the earth he dammit: but the re
verse of this that they shall all tie
blrxsrd. All the Rln-bllnd eyes shall be
opened. All the deaf ears of Ignorance
shall be .unstopped. For the blest
thousands years of Christ's reign the
world's upllftlug or resurrection will
proceed, while the knowledge of the
glory of Gou shall All tbe whole earth.
The angels on tbe plains of Bethlehem
did not declare to the shepherds. Fear
greatly! for behold, we bring you bad
tidings of great misery which shall be
unto all people. Their message was
the reverse of this: "Fear not; behold,
we briug you good tiding of great joy
which shall be unto alt people" (Luke
II. IOi. ' God who had a "due time" for
calling natural Israel and who bad
also a "due time" for calling spiritual
Israel, has a "due time" for making
known the riches of his grace to the
non-elect world of mankind. And the
"elect" of spirltuul Israel and of nat
ural Israel are to be tbe channels of
this Divine grace and mercy, which,
during the Millennial Age, will flow
as a river of sulvation. to which all
mankind will be Invited to come aud
drink freely.
Love Mercy and Walk Humbly.
It may astonish some thnt God re
quires even more than Juxtice, which
Is bis legal standard, lu his permis
sion of sin aud Its wage of death he
has shown the sinner bis own mercy
or love. And It is for the sinner's ben
efit and for tbe good or ull, that God
requires that all who will have the
full benefit of his mercy shall be re
quired to cultivate this mercy quality
in their own hearts. As the sinner
attempts to couform his life to the
perfect standard and finds himself un
able to keep God's Law aud obliged to
come for mercy to the Throne of
Grace, be Is informed that he can have
that mercy only upon condition that
he will exercise similar mercy toward
those who trespass against him. bis
Ideals and Interests.
Humility la a quality very necessary
to every creature. Pride Is a foe
which besets uot merely the weak and
imperfect, but which overcame the
prrnt angel of light. Lucifer, and trans
firmed him from a faithful servant of
Jehovah Into Satan, the Adversary of
God. We are glad, therefore, that Di
vine Wisdom requires humility as one
of the conditions of our acceptance
with blm. This requirement assures
us of tbe security of tbe Divine Em
pire against all treason In the future:
for none will be admitted to the eter
nal life conditions either now or In tbe
Millennial Age, except tbe bumble.
Let us hearken then to the lesson of
our text and conclude with the words
of tbe Apostle, "Humble yourselves,
therefore, under the mighty hand of
God, that he may exalt you in due
time" (1 r-r t, f