March 24, 1898
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
THE HERO AS HE WAS
WASHINGTON THE MAN OBSCURED
BY TRADITION AND INVENTION.
atbfardlty of tli Claims of III Banto
rerfeotloa Be Had Redeeming TIcm
Mi Wm ft Superb Mm Pbr.ieall,
lentil ud MtoUllr,
ICtpyricbt, 1M, by th Author.
I O MAN born la
thli land oortaln
Ij bas ever been
0 much Injured
by e 1 0 e rive
praise, by ridloa
loui ezsKger
tion, m George
Washington.
Having been reprosontod a an orthodox
ulM, tno Incarnation of goody goody
Urn, to incessantly, a natural reaction
was the result The carping, oritloal
public led the opposition after a time
and began to suoor at and nnderrate hi
memory. There never ban bean inch
personage, inch eroatnre, as George
Washington wa portrayed, lie was pro
torhuinan, he wan absolutely perfect
ootnuiou souse people would not accept
film. Nevortnelus. even a century after
hi death be 1 not at all uudomtood by
any great number of nil compatriot.
He ban bei. 10 incrasted with tradi
tioni, 10 overladen with theories, that
few glimpse of hi native character
trugulo into light.
The bulk of Amerioan today eeem to
think (but Washington waa ai popular
t hi rouominatiou for the prenidouey
when first presented for the suffrage
of the newborn nation. They appear so
ignorant of their own history as not to
know that be then met with the in ten
t resistance; that he only oonsunted
to stand again by the warmest porsua
ions of personal and political friends of
all parties. During tho campaign be
waa alaudered and villlfled an much ai
almost any presidential candidute hai
teen in later time. Within a few yean
be baa been judged a if be wore virtu
ally one of our contemporaries. It bad
been repeatedly said in ditiparageniont
of bim that he wa an Englishman who
hanced to be born in America. There
were no representative Americana that
aaw the light bore 100 year ago. Tboy
could have boon then little elite than
goographioal American. Washington
wa on of the genuine American of
bit day, one of the tuoNt advanced of bii
period.
Stripping aside the prejudice for and
Against the Father of Ills Country, ai
be well deserved to be called, we are
enabled to aee bim a nature arrayed
bim. and be look and ia the better, be
cause the truer, for it. lie never needed
any false adornment, any silver span
fie. lie was an altogether natural, bu
ana, harmonious, well balanced, most
remarkable man, particularly fitted to
the time. Abort everything be wat
practical.
The ultra pioni bave roundly abused
everybody who declined to admit that
Washington was not a strict Episco
palian, a regular cburob attendant and
oommnnioant, a severe babbatarian. uul
the latest investigations prove just th
contrary. Bunday waa always the day
on which be wrote private letters, pre
paid bis invoices, entertained oompany,
closed land purchase, sold wheat and,
while a Virginia planter, went foi
hunting. Nevertheless, like most con
scientious persons, be respected the
scruples of others in regard to the day.
When trying to get some servants, be
wrote, "If they be good workmen, tbey
may be Europeans, Asians, Africans,
Jews, Mohammedans, Christians of any
denomination or atheist." lie was in
complete sympathy with the widest re
ligious toleration. Uouverneur Morris,
who wus what was then hold to be an in
fidel, was believed by Washington to
agree with bim in creed. He threw bit
influence in fuvor of religion, ofton at
tended the Episcopal church and kopl
bis belief, if bo hud any, an iuvioluble
secret He was very much what thou
sands of the very best and most eulight
vnnd nu-u ure everywhere today, th
very revcrso of a sectarian.
Albeit a slaveholder he bud, it ii
said, 800 slaves, most of whom came to
LI in through hi marriage with the
rich Widow Custis liu was never iu
favcr of sluvery. Ho was ready when
ever tho time wa ripe to uwi his entire
influence against it. He my Uut havi
had a high upiuiim of negrim. but bs
was always a good, kind master.
Of UKMlorule il lU'utli hi, ho wn intel
ligent, t'lwvrviuj?, attentive, gnuorous,
tlmriiullo, thrifty. In spite uf weualon
al Iumv be wo suueeiiaful in Nalnwui,
Whm be died, bis property was valued,
eit-lukive of hi wife's and the Muuul
Veruou vauts. al tu3u,0O0. He was,
likit the Virginian cf lit day, particu
larly aK'Ul amUweuJuytHl aiUlrWiuU
(irave ami i,utvl in guueral ixiiiiauy, It
was iifivu guy, wen Jovial, with a few
liitlniaiv. lie i-nlLlim. lively emmr
tln, lliutiA'ti Ukiug little vrl iu a Its
cfit-u UugUitl, i j fm uiil Jckfs, wal
vrty fiul i f tUminrf and swtt f ema
Iter Iinitt4l. IU tutl al allixl4,
fufiul, tvwitvtl, haughty, m leprwMtil
Ihuuijl) tt. , ,,. gvuUl wf Wind
y , .Ut It uii la t.f bit tii
l4ii ui, IKi m always diutiUxt,
itui i t ltiiiit iuild In auMulj
ill tvttalili'lahl h iUmIjp.
A VUuigtfit bi l aUurd t jr
iREO
THAT
mm
. 1
'At, J
all manner of cheap virtues be bas been
charged from youth to bis closing year
With overfondnes for women, which
teem to be unfounded. No doubt be
bad a general liking for pretty women,
but so far as evidence can be adduced
be did not carry it boyond bounds. He
wa repeatedly censured for flagrant dia
loyalty to hi wife, aoousod of having
many mistresses of various grades,
Criminating letter have been constant
ly quoted from bim and thorn, but tbey
bave not been produced. It is highly
Improbable tbey would not have beon
seen bad they beon in existence. Having
many enemies, military and political,
tbey chose that form of slander a most
likely to be believed. Those stories are
till beard, with every circumstance and
detail, but they are hardly credited.
Washington was rattier wary of the sex
and is not thought to have exposed bim
self to suspicion or temptation.
A great point was made against his
connubial fidelity because there is roa
son to think that bis wife was a bit
jealous. Jeulous wives, it i well known,
nave in all age boon oftenor jealous
without cause than with cause. Martha
Washington has been nearly a much
idealized a ber husband. Hhe was in
no sense extraordinary. She wa below
the medium size, very sociable, stub'
born, hot tempered, overfoud, rather
pretty, without any excess of good sense,
independent of the rule of spelling, per
fectly well bred, polite and kind. When
only 10, be wa wbilo staying at Lord
Fairfax's sentimentally interested in
Mury (Jury. He became enamored of
Mary I'hillipso, agod 25, a duughter of
Frederick I'billlpso, 0110 of the largest
lauded proprietors of the New York col
ony, but she declined hi proposals. He
is declared by some to Lave beon in
love with one of tho friend of bis
wife. Ho corresponded with her and
Bally Carlylo, another Fairfax daughter,
but tbey were only correspondents and
of the platoniokind. It is evident, how
ever, from all tho revealed circumstances
of bis early life that be wa never in
danger of dying a bachelor.
Bo mueh has been written of Wash
ingtou'veumpuigns that very little truth
bas beon told of him us a man. While
not a military strategist nor did be as
sumo to bo the Involution was not con
ducted by strategy. Tbo great pcoblem
wa to keep an army in tho field, and
this Washington did. The liritlsh could
and did repeatedly beat the continental
army, though they could not beat their
commander, tio long a be wa in the
field be could got together all the fight
ing spirit there wa. He wa a natural
soldier, having inherited the disposition
from bis Indian fighting great-grandfather
and bis elder brother Lawrence.
He wa notod for fearlossness under all
circumstances and an outspoken scorn of
aught like cowardice. Indeed be bad
no comprehension of it He wa far
from faultless. He could and did swear
roundly on occasion and bad a violent
temper, commonly under control, which
now and then burst all bounds. He bad
the greatest self discipline. He aeemod
calm and passionless, but bi intimates
knew biro a be was. He wa in no
peril from spoiling by goodness. Not
only was be one of tho first great Amer
icans, but one of the stanchest of
stanch republicans, despite the con
stant talk of bi leaning toward mon
archy. JiiNiua IIkitbi Buowmi.
Washington Vrtjr-thr.
George Washington was 48 when be
drew hi swnrd under the bistorlo elm
at Cambridgo as "captain general and
commander in chief" of the colonial
forces. Ho was just the age of Juliu
Ctcsar when be took command of the
army in Uuul, of Napoleon when be
njudo tbo miNtake of bis lifo and start
ed in to conquer Russia, and be was ten
years older thuit Alexander was when
ho wept because there were no more
worlds to couquor. Charlemagne was
just his ago when be overcame Witti
kind, tho Huxou chief, and made all Ger
many Christian, and the "captain gen
eral of tbo continentals" was just as old
as was CoiiNtuutiuo when be determined
to make himself muster of the world.
Ho wus as old us Hesostris, the pharaoh,
when bo conquered tho Hittitesund per
secuted tho children of Iiiruel; as Han
nibal when bo gave up tho hopo of con
quering Homo uud left Italy to dofoud
Cartbugu aguintt cipia
U'Mlilugtou'a ItiMiiu.
Bilint we tutnl Uaitlu ih ii n duur,
Ami nil tlio riMiiii Uyuml i UU.oJ lu llgfit
T gi'ldKii uii(ilil lliuii UliUt ball uf yor,
Tliftmniln lliul kl.l tli trnrs of nltfbt
Ami In lu luui li dully muil bora
A UiHtlli iii.ii llmt utl ir to Right
A at) truvu thru all vug (It u far lliit ul U)
luurti,
Thai hi lb ifuMln tb aright.
Iluw umiiy ibtwn lhiu ilhUt lit rar wk,
Vjwh tlawn iixihIwI wiin nww hua and
(vara;
Waver fruitful di'l-i itif tunica tak,
Tracing Ikal mm luigbl Ua Ilia aakore
iaar.
Ant tut hf twunltf nl thy a I tut ml' ms
Tutlv4 wiiIi a iiit tUat all aaiih l
irtxl
tluw luaiif sigaia tttjr bar UU wall algb
I naa
Tit aau ihj noiHUa4 w a ilf Ual with
iMital
A a4 it waa 1111,4 JuUi al ! fl4 r
ti wtife waa 4va, ISx luwa lt4 ta
l.-o
TWa auk, ta aaatlla, traluu, tt,
11 li ait at la imn- h liJ
)r a4t gtalilwl bt tlita
ttut la ft f ia liwia iia anil Mua
A Wa wta wiik u it-U a wuvM al
la t-oa u wwriar "I lUa ttttat wa
-Until laiH n Ua'a) Vti'
CLOVER, TIMOTHY.
Blue Crass. White Clover,
Tilt It in Bt .j'oanr
kantaa fai tdiaia l.im Wa 1
IM Hfl. ill Mil it
llffct. Vly Sol iii'ttr
(oai tf Mil fur CaUIOfM.
Ifff.tr toarn ,
GR1SW0LD SEED C0,t
Cor, Tina K iit , Uivola. tut.
MARY AND JEAN.
flaw Aft at ilnuk MA Unrnm mnnm
The banks of Ayr appear, ""'T'
A melanuliaJy child of aong,
MuMng amid a mournful throng
Of reoolleetlons duurf
T)i kindly aftor yuan had boalad
Th wound within bis breaat. .
Fair Jean's devoted love revealed
That bapplnoas wbloh duath ooncealed
Whoa atary went to ret.
Be fondly aoannnd his bairns at play
About the oottage door,
Tollud stoutly onward day by day,
Otmdlent to honor's sway,
Which bound him evormore.
And yet mayhap la some lone plaoe
Where Ayr's oloar waters roll ,
Hli dreams at eve renullod the graoe
Ol aalntod Highland Mary's fuoe-
Tlie mtatreaa of hla aoul.
Be loved, and who that loves today
Wliall grudge tb penalve hour
When, olud in sorrow's mantle gray,
Be pauaed txwlile Ayr's qulut way
To woo oblivion's powert
What dreams were bis of pleasures deep
That he might never know I
Perhaps, though years his seoret keep,
Thinking of her who full aaluop,
He detuned 'twna bettor ao.
Frank j'utuata nt Cbloago Tlmes-Hersld.
THE INN AT BIRNLEY.
BY CHAULRS D. tKWU.
In every city and town in tho land
yon will find a mill, storo or factory
which seems to be hoodooed. Tho loca
tion 1 apparently all right, but whoev
er buy, louse or rent make a failure.
When George Walters of the town of
Uirnley decided to build an inn and bo
ooiuo a landlord, ho selected what was
culled tho best location in tho corpora
tion. He wa a man liked by all, bad a
fair amount of money, and everybody
wished biin luck and predicted timt be
would do well. It was struuge what a
turn of luck canto to the man. Ho bud
boon successful in everything, but on
tho day bo broke ground for tho now
enterprise he fell over some timber and
broke bis leg, Before the framework
waa op a workman bad been killed.
Wbilo the building was being complet
ed a painter fell from a ladder and wa
fatally injured. Tbo inn wo oponod
with a bouse warming. Borne of the
guest drank too heavily, a quarrel oc
curred, and the postmaster of the town
wa stubbed to death. Tho people ad
vised Walter to get out of it. He look
ed upon it merely a a run of ill luck
and remained until bi wife died of ty
phoid fever. Then be sold the inn to a
stranger named Grufton and moved
away,
Grafton bad a wife and three chil
dren, and be bad not been in the bouse
a month when two of the children were
drowned in tho river near by. Fifteen
days later the tavorn stables were burn
ed to tbo ground. The man realized
that tho place wa hoodooed and got
out of it, and it wa taken by another
stranger named Eldridge. Tbia owner
made a low place of it, but for six
month nothing happened to create
much gossip. Then Kldridge wa kill
ed in a qnarr J over cards, and that wa
the last of tL.o Hod Kose inn a an inn.
It waa offered for sale at almost any
prico, but the story of it ill lack bad
gone abroad, and no one would take it
Itwa finally put to nao a a warehouse,
but after a fire, which destroyed a por
tion of the structure, it wa left an un
occupied ruin. 1
It bad atood tbua for a year or so, an
eyesore to the town and a wonder to all
stranger, when a man named Gum
ming came along and made oertuin in
quiries, wbloh at once revived all the
gossip. He bad a sister married to a
man named Drayton. On a certain date
the pair bad set out from Columbus,
O., to drive to a town in Illinois. Tbey
bad their own carriage, and that tbey
passed through the town of Birnley waa
proved by tho fuct that the sister mailod
him a letter with the postmark on it
After that letter nothing further wa
beard from ber, though the husband
bad been saen in ono of the territories
alone. I waa only a boy then, and I can
not remember all tho details. I recollect,
however, of Cummiugs explaining that
it was not a happy marriage, that tho
woman bad a largo amount of money
with her and that be was suro the bus
band bad mudo away with ber at some
poiut on the journey.
No one iu Uirnley recollected the ar
rival of the couplo or anything connect
ed with thorn uo one but me. It so
bapieuud that I was alio to furnish in
formation. They arrived at H o'clock
one evening while there was a circus in
town. I hud helped tho hostler to put
out the team and bail xt'ti the man and
woiiiuii at supper, Juit at daylight I
having reuiuiiml with I ho booth r all
night after we hud taken in the circus
we were calli d upon to bring around
tho team, I snw only tho man get into
the carriage. I was eurw the wotiiau did
iiotuVixut. When I spoke to the boetler,
he tak no intt rt in the matter. When
1 ake4 Mr. LMriilfc-e, the smmd land
bird, about it, lie rr plied that of rourae
she wmt with ber hualaud, Ihoufih be
waa st uiulltug. about and half aahwp,
and 1 am sum bu did not k-u ber. I'd
drtdga bad g4is Hie Ittwtkr bail gone
and 1 wa the i nly tie who txmld give
any l UlU 1 rviiMiiiUirvd and dte nUl
lliw two it i! and the tun and t-jr-rUfcH),
and humming bad nuduul l that
tbiy ! d at the iun. front I'.imUy
b ntld Ml bis journey wvet, tw k
tug to pit l Uj' lU liail. I In gvt tint of
Ihu mail a tl. ; tl I tin a, t ut tV W "lii AW
fend it t Utu vu, Afir ihrv or f ut
t V tm vamtt tt k lo iHrul.y with Hut
tUit U IM lit! tu U bad WH Kiwi'
tiittui lrs
TUiw mm a lUit f) wing ihrout'W
the H'VtU aul a Hiil)(i4id ll..w, Ihw
fltat (' iil VIM t4 &tt Ibis tnu4
law vi-ik wm tbnugUl duo, aud,
(hli all autlt i-t'd that a aablt
wwsU U f aud, avikiiig 4 that
m liaiv,tv-L 1 m wa fvwud, buf
wr, a swt, H I tN4iUlali4 fut at
Ciiai. 1bl bad U HalgtiM with
Uka aul waa blag at tie Mitt f
the 4. WhM IN MUbal M ftNlMd.
tiiitua Mt bewasnt tba ttgal
It k, aud the tt id if tb lua wm
i4rti. XI dud iawt the groaa la
la 4ttr reeil is., UI afwr a U4
day aWHh tt beiam vUla tlt a
body had been buried there. The barn
bad never been rebuilt aftor the fire.
Cummiugs hired a dozen men and had
the debris removed, but still the search
waa unsuoccsuful. He bad previously
gone over the houso, which was little
better than a ruin, but unw ho entered
upon a closer investigation. The win
dow had beon broken, door carried
away, and the leaky roof hud lot in tho
storms until the floor were rotten.
Now and then bulf a dozen boy enter
ed tbo bouse and clumbered about, but
a a rule it wa avoided as an uncanny
plaoe. Up to this timo no one had bint
ed at a ghost or atrange thing, but that
waa to come.
Mr. Gumming, a constable and my
self entered the old inn one evening
aftor supper to make a thorough search.
What tho brother expected to find he
old not say, but be made up bis mind
that bis sister never left Birnley alive.
My persistency in declaring that she
did not go away with her busband and
tbe fact that tho husband loft at such an
unusual hour probubly gave Cummings
the idea thut sho bad boon made away
with during tbo night.
On entering we mounted to the second
story and entered tbe room the couplo
bad occupied that night We were
standing still and gazing about when
there suddenly came a sound as of a wo
man sobbing. I bolted at once, but tho
eonstublo followed at my bools, and
when Gumming joined n below he
was pule and trembling. It wa a queer
sound wo had heard, and after discuss
lug it for a spell the constable went for
a Mr. Hustings, who was a juitioo of
the peace. Huntings arrived to ridicule
our fears, and together the four of ui
went op to tbe room. It wa not yet
dark outdoors, but very gloomy up there,
The justice walkod about, knocking and
rapping with bi cuno, and perhaps ten
minutes bud passed when we beard
noise as of slippered feet crossing tbe
floor, followed by gurgling and sobbing.
The sounds were so real and at the sum
time so uncanny that the four of ui
made for tho stairs at once. When we
bad got safely down, Gumming said
tbe noise bud been produced by tbe
wind and wanted to go back, but no
one would go with him. It wa agreed
to keep the affair a secret and inspect
the bouse next morning, and after break
fast our number was increased to six.
The two others were merchant of th
town, aud they bad a hearty langh at
tbe way we bad been driven out.
Al balf past 8 o'clock in the morning
we gathered in that room. Most of the
plaster was off, the floor wa linking
and cobweb bung from tbe corner.
Queerly enongb, access wa bad to tb
garret above through this, tbo best room
in the bouse. Tbore wa the scuttle in
the ceiling, with tbe trapdoor shot
down, and X wondered that I bad never
taken notice of it before. Cummingi
had just remarked that be would like to
take a look up there in the garret when
there came a wailing, gurgling, sobbing
ound which lasted for at least 15 sec
onds. Every one of us had the same idea
about it. It sounded a if a band bad
clutched a woman's throat and choked
the life out of ber.
There wa a move for tbe stairs, and
every one' face wa a pale a doatb,
but Gumming made a gesture which
checked tbe retreat, and there was a
long minute of silence. Then there wa
heard what might bave been called a
death rattle a queer sound to make the
flesh creep. After it had died away
Cummings said:
"Gentlemen, murder has been don
in this house. Let no one go away. We
will get a ladder and take a look Into
tho garret."
The constable fetched a ladder, and
Gumming was first through the scuttle.
Tho garret was 40 foot long by 20 wide,
with the end windows broken out and
daylight and sunshine streaming in.
There were loose boards over the joists,
and the garret was the roosting place of
scores of pigeons. For two or three
minutes nothing was to be seen. Then
Cummings, who hud made bi way to
the west end of the gurret, Dcckoncd to
us aud pointed to an object lying on the
lath between the two end joists. It
was a bundle of black mold and bones
the skeleton of the missing woman.
6ho bad been murdered in tbe room be
low and curried up there, aud ono
might have looked into tho garret a
hundred times without discovering the
body. It bud bceti there so long that
there was only dust aud bones to be
gathered up aud taken down for identi
fleatioii and btiriul. Tbo murderer bad
stripped the Ixxly of all clothing, but
on one fingrr luel U fii left a ring, wbb'h
tho broth r bud giv u her as a bridal
pre ut. Theru was not the shudow of a
duubl us tu who the victim was, and so
great was the popuUr esolU went over
the ghuatly uoiaes and the dreudful dud
that 100 mi u turned tu and pulh4 the
ruiua apurl aud made a tig Umllro if
the luat board. Hep Were at once taken
lu apprehend tbe murderer, and bis
trail wu followed fr many tuotitha,
but to this day bis crime U uupiutlahsU.
H
all Bros. Company,
1308 0 Street.....
Monarch Gasotin Stovei , , ,
. . . Monarch Oil CookStovci
S
NORTH AND "7'
ELF-TAUCHT
.' V,s, jAIi, .f W Mil 1liu
it l I I I ... II. II 41.1. , lt)l.. ta it tu.
MiWttd ! Ht.mil.dl, I U ittxiit U
I. im 4.1, I It 4 fi UI ) I. j
I. ... i , itf wit I Willi
f ' 'iillrl ,. t - A
,H'.l-4 I, l i t itl-f aa4 lt Iwl
m fi I" Hi auk la hhI
gti ha il. "Wa I kt'u t. hU a,4.
TIIK HUNN 11 f M AN IYITVM
t-' Uh III ln4t4, t aiUd
tyU tuil t 4MatiM "Th Amtt
Un lr!tnt M IimI " VmU' ttt,
III In nikil I Hilt I IUHt i'tt,
III W i M , i itttMl, INK
PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED.
Fifty Subscribers Quit tbe State Journal
in On Day at Yoik.
Holcomb says that Bartley was not
short during hla first term. The set
tlement showed that ho waa not abort.
The supreme court decided that tho
governor should count bank certifi
cates as cash. The senate appointed
a committee to examine Hartley's new
liond. That was a republican commit
The new bond was found to be
all right. When nu ofllcer is short
after serving a second term, it has
always been the practice to sue on the
doikih ior both terms. This is done ho
the bond will not outlaw while the
litigation is eroinir on over the second
Imnd. Often in the settlement of the
first term tho ofllcer in fact is short
In his acounts, but the bondsmen
furnish money temporarily for the
settlement This was the case in the
Barrett Scott settlement Old bonds
men through Bartley furnished moncv
with which to muke settlement That
kind of trickery doe not, under the
law release the first bondsmen.
Home one may have furnished Bartley
with money or brink certificate to
make settlement ut the end of bis
first term. There is no way for the
governor to tea wnose money it was.
It showed up all right, but the evi
dence in the trial showing that an
ofllcer in fuct was short during bis
first term an1 the shorage covered up
by a cush settlement and the rush at
oneo returned to the men who furni
shed tbe same to fool a County board
or governor, does not and should not
leleiiHu the man who pructieed the
fraud on tl e public, There is no way
of iiseerlainlng whether or not there
wu a f re ud until the evidence is in
on the trial in which the second
bondsmen !ire sued, Tho Htate Jour
nal knows these fuets, yet wunts to
confuse all the people so that no re
covery con be niarlo on nny of the
bonds. Had t lie attorney-general
neglected suing the first bondsmen the
Journal would he howling about that.
According to the Journal, there was
In fact no settlement of the accounts
of Burtlcy's first term. The Journal
may say and feel Uiat Holcomu was
negligent. If he was, then the first
bondsmen have had no settlement
which releases them. If that be true,
tho Journql should insist on a recov
ery on the first bond. Let Governor
llolcoml) say what be will about set
tlement, if the Journal believes thr
was no settlement In fact, that paper
I forced to the belief that the first
bondsmen are liable. If the Bryan
followers should object, criticise, and
fmt everything in 'resident McKin
ey's way in the present crisis, they
would not be patriotic' citizens. Re
publicans criticise, jeer, try to confuse
the public when the state ofllcer are
trying to recover state money. If the
governor and attorney-general are not
pursuing the right course, suggest
what ought to be done. The governor
wanted cash In settlement, the new
treasurer wanted coxh in settlement
but the supreme court said liank cer
tificate were good enough. The gov
ernor demanded that the fund be in
vested in state warrants but the au-
premee court ordered otherwise. Had
the republican carried the state and
republican ofllcer sought to recover
this money, do you suppose the Jour
nal would te putting obstructions on
the track? Republlcana in York
county are getting awful tired of the
way the Journal and Joe Johnson are
doing. That paper ought to take the
hint when fifty subscriber in York
quit in one week. York Teller.
BpFor the Industrial Department
Hastings college ha an industrial
department that was organized last
Magnificent Aggregation of Rewardo
Protected br the Copyright
$70,000
IN
TO
$100,000
A HaalatM Proaoiltloa 1 New CcOearatlte
Thoti.aadi of Dollar I'leaeaet aa fruSlabla Partarriklp Vot lalalllat Mas. Hvu.a sa
lull'lrea lerlane Sir Kaerk at tear Deer Nolhlac Vtalare. Notalef balata.
WC aUASARTKS I via I rueua a riui woaiMio.awrl'iaiaMnMiioM. ll,inmoi nror mm
anillQIANA inTTFnv
sai mmv I ajar I Sil I w are BeS B I SjBBB
,illio nnau, llT7rhlWlhllihfrli1liiir .fMaihiiiMt"lrliilrraiialill U'lMld a
MiKlrnt, mil hi or Hi. nu f am in ihu .lull lw tlx iii,iMn(-MiM la Imtuii.. Il ina a In. nil imil aim nwian.
t tt I ,i. .. .1 it,, m in ii.h gnwt maim 1 Him an SalUr.
lor !..: KM rHsa. ,
film nu IlPT . riaaT, w. vamuii m nmm limn? migasiiw iwur n.Ai. rri, r- "
UUri UDJCWl i lull i,l j,l M.M.,d wiiii. aiwmiuiM, m ai.jr. I...l,,,r. flijum, ii.Iiuik,
i uiiuia. niu.w. .w.. i1m4 lrwlhiluliiia MriMWsli nt th. wih!I. S Mlm humum i IL ituOKD, i.
ummuliih lit. AH poRMMul Bn.if ut lli. I. mil; la
t i,.l,r.l rl il-l, fl y !! aamlbrn that ir himiii
tll w.llllil aWMUlfllMI UIH. V.MIfl WHI nil. II IA
n.L.,,1... I
TS Um m 4 T Htt f f.M
" 1 tMi huttu I a- yrvffai
1. .u... rikHiailha4la lutKli "
I huwI .lhl. Utu.nl lalal
J awn- lit
Umi' n.ur ,.l tUtilualiMi, rt kataMU.
"l .Miilti,. i.,t4, wan.
luraiaiinlkn.tu. Milr lla4lu kiav"
nt aaBS W.imallli,illwamf ll.lnl avMauaaa, .w u,.ni,a mhiih ii iwhm .i
C. H BS fill U An.nii.'l. i,l.li.n.llllllli..ilaMliq..lliuaii.
rrUII 1 1 1 J Ihil ihar SMWaj aac MM aafrwUr. N.p,imihi Mfa.aaiaiiaiM anaia4.
MfaaaV WIS Jl u lltiuliav, T m.i. I. "TI.I , tf i,liuj im .f ,wi." I ha
...... ... .,........... ul' U Aa.ia l.li..ak.i V I. "IM II III .11.4 ln. k.aiil 11;..!.' V" " T"" w
Itwm.ina II.. I a- a'HKn .nnriMHf ta MMk) u-f M "" A"-if.a tl'wat.. ar.
, ;t . I..I kI a.wi, la Hwa. n-i-.,. aawa M I a...., a. I I -O.ilhU, at.t-l.llaa. ilium
1 u...... I .ii.. BuuiM. K. awtaaa. Laaaww. W U. . I -tw. Aa. u . UU.
,,. At pwm a4la( M a-4 m Miaa IfaaaaaMof amll(lallla)
L'lJIT Til nn alUVlf I". M a.iaia. a.-. ( taawaatuki i in a . w'. la
llllrtl IV UU IIIWI I au
Mini III l.aiaa Tailll to .ai.Hi;
LM4,U ..! I4mMiiM. J 'a
a. m i i.
ax.a n.iM
i-J,l II
4 tu4 l4
pfti?m rna pnrM9 or fiictiTCHES.
il I, .... i. u,. i . II 1,,., Ik. a,, i.ii,
" W ww. .a.T 7 .T, TT. . 1,7
. i - i l.ix lliul 14:. i. 1 bttl III It,
im4 tvW . ). ,
!inn m pct a Dni7C
ilUIl IU Ulal H lllhta
im-i aaa a 4 aa. ilwaau aaaa
4 l. Ma
a. ! U tH . . . a. .a .all.. a-! Art
mi fp4 laa aaajAaaaa al "
$7,50052 111 GOLD tmim
. , . ,H . a t ?!. a aiart I a MI M.I t.. .-.. aaJ,aM.k.. I. 'a J. ... ..
, l.i . I, .'., ailil (lit I . ana . II.- 4 la aaatf ta. aa V a
, I ..-a aa a - iM a. I a. M.m . l t..V v, a4 ' S
, ' ..... I l. talaakW - aa..t 4-a... a .!. la .. a..j.a aa aa.l.-... , 4 M IS
ajiS V... ia.M"""'"--lt-'a "-tV;'i! J. :"',V"."it.,aJAa
i ,. I., . a l I . HI a-l a .4 M ' ai a I ,a i.ai M I. .- -a a l,4H,l r -l ti II .i l
.,..' ,l.f ... a V4. a-4 ta W.aa. .. artM ...I a-M..., , i-aa,-l....ii-.i,t:4il
, , 1 a-; at I 4 ItMi.OOO.DU . a--l .'". . -.. '. a .1 Ha4
.VP At I'RIUS BEFORE YOU m THEM. tJiZTrrrJ
!.-. r ; a VVl I .t"sTa ll (.'! VA.,, W"-'-!..- ra. UI
.i;.V.Vt.a;.f.V,t eVlK a .K ,,, ii .- wt.... '-;
I' 'i.T-'a A J ASUI ft . -iVIa il.Vaa .1 . I. U$m, U ..
W a, 1 1 1 W IV : I . - t-aaaa.i a 4 a t a -i v ' ... , aw.
41 ft al .IH. lua)H'li
CHAM ruilallHINa 60 lil'aaiT. asINt, asAlM lttT, rlOv Ult
year for the purpose of assisting'
young men and women to secure a
liberal education. The young men
and women in this department are
doing as much work as ia necessary
to secure their board. Last year this
Institution gardened about twenty
acres, which enabled them to assist
about forty students. They expect to
do twice as much this year and Con
gressman Sutherland bas secured and
forwarded 600 packages of seed for
their use. ,
Ho Prosperity la Wyoming,
The following is an extract from a
letter from the wife of a railroad man
employed on the U. P. in Wyoming
It would seem to indicate that the
great wave bad not yet reached the
employes of that great corporation.
As all know the re-organ Ization com
mittee have isued $100,000,000 of
"water stock," over and above the
cosh capitalization. A 'dividend must
be earned for thl "water stock" or it
will not command a price on tbe mar
ket In ber letter, the lady, (whose
name we withhold for obvious rea
sons) says: '
I supiiose you folks have heard
about the new railroad shooting
everything to pieces here. They bave
fired all but a very few men in the
shop, and everyone is holding their
breath to find out what they are go
ing to do with the rood men. They
dont't look for any of them to be
fired, but they look to have to do more
work for le pay. Tbe rumor is out
now that they are going to take
every thing from Laramie, and make
the men run from Cheyenne to
Itawlins, but most everyone thinks
they can't do it, because the men can't
stand it to run that far. I'll tell vou,
everyone looks blue, especially those
who bave property here. The whole
town is down in the mouth. I told
Jonathan yesterday if old Burt came
through here again the people of
Laramie ought to rotten egg him out
of town and I would help do it Nice
outlook for people buying a bouse and
just began to think they are settled."
SHOES FOR SPRING.
Our stock is Larger and
Better than ever. No one
can sell Shoes cheaper than
we do, when quality of goods
is considered.
WE WILL NOT PERMIT
Any misrepresentation of
foods.
The Wells Shoe Store
208 North 10th St
eMLiflcol!i, Neb.
Lew of the Co I ted Ststea.
GRAND PRIZES
TO BE-
DISTRIBUTED!
Plea 1 Ureal PablUhlae: llaaae Will M.lrlbal
mi ( lu.i . in. I if. iwrawii ii ,iwr in
aiiMlwa, 111.) mini ,9. Wiprn.nl bml)lu,
fliping ..4 impaMintf anir .ri4 ivtir iiwiu!
B .mu.,i in. u.itMbUi di.inlintioa uf thu.MiMl. oi
aa a mil ill ra.nn. MXtiwu mm immumumt uni.u
..... ..
w II rami. TMIaU, ua i ia
U l.r llinntgh.innr liu,ll "''IJ1P,',,''J.
I niiwni.imnii.i"..'i"".".." -
VIL
IX th ("ftff ttrtt hf wrkB4 l Urt ivtiM Bsf
VIII. 'TiiiuKkriiaiMl iu44mtr tn.4iiic la ih timvUm,'
! I BJISSrr.
IJU "im l aa. im4 '1 wa4a
tWtlMl lll.ll."
X. iUI.l lk.l, Illll4llt
1,4 t aaIW VM lk..,a to I M A X, Bill W i l .4 .
. a luati i m. tia a. laaia a, la atrl.., W. a4
i". l.i IM I 4. a-aU I . a".n.' aiiaJ n.MniM a)
I fer "ni, BfeMttUiui'i a. t.H,',. a-1 . a-,...
teairr.,:.;
Li.ki . V ail lui A I' Aa 1 7 1 A a a. f .. , aui la. t a .l
Itslt 41 Al 1 ini.i rail
-iAA4aAit f s fet ut Ihb) a ii.
CAPII nnriTlh
I.ilal
atHWII ID VII I II l , ; i
I a III , ,T 7- ,,. "i a T..T7
l,in,ii,t I 4. .a A "at,
,1 M lM l WillHM .a a
aaa- Ma--a
I .... 4 mM. fa,
fa f-W a.ava.l SaaA,
1 J