The Sioux County Journal. i ESTABLISHED 1S83. OFFICIAL OOCKTY PAPER. OLDEST PAFEB DC THE COCSTY. BKST PAPER Di THE OOCKTY, ONXY KKPTBUCAJt PAFEB IS SBX"! COTXTY. HAS THE LARGEST tLRClXAriOS OF ANY PAPEK PUBLISHED IS SIOCX COt-VTY. Subscription Price, $2.00 L. J. Siuiuiou.,, ... Editor. Entered at the llamsoi jxwt office as ce- uau cia uuiiLer. ThvrsdaY, Dec. w, iy. Good roads is tlie cry all over the state. Broad tires on vehicles will help to keep them good. On Nov. 2Dtb death again visited the executive mansion and called ut. Scott, father of the late Mrs. Harrison. l)r Scott was born on January 22, leHH), lacking but a little of liAug 93 years old. That makes the ninth death at the execu tive mansion during the administration of President Harrison. lfie article vvbicli apoears in another column of this issue from Lkiwutst'g on the formation of societies for the study of subjects relating to the constitution and the duties of officials, etc., is worthy the attention of all. There is too great a lack of knowledge on those subjects among' the masses and good results could be obtaiued by the formation ol such societies in every neighborhood. Last spring the village of Albion de cided by vote that no saloons were wanted. People have been getting drunk of late and a few days ago a hole in-the-wall was raided and the proprietor arrested and a lot of liquors taken, TI, next place raided was a drug store and at last reports the work was to be carra-d still further. The people of that town evidently propose to have the law re spected. Oi) last Friday morning Jay Gould the great railroad magnate, died at hi home in ivew lorU. He was about 54 years old and has been recognized as the greatest railroad liiiuucier of the a; He will be truly mourned by his family and personal friends, but he was of so grasping a nature that outsiders feel little or no regret at his death. Will all his wealth it is a question whether he enjoyed his life as well as those who have to struggle to keep the wolf from the door. Suit has been brought against Con gressman McKeighan to recover $o0 and interest since November 20, 1888. At that time McKeighan was county judge of.. Webster county and collected the money from parties bringing an action jl is singular that men guilty of sue! acts while in minor official positions can hoodwink people into electing them to high positions, and that, too, in the role of reformers. P. T. Barnurn evidently knew what he was talking about when he said "the American people like to be humbugged. From the indications the democratic administration will be quite apt to make radical changes in the pension laws. The record made by Mr. Cleveland du ing his former administration shows clearly that he would favor such a stej; ftnd with both branches of congress dem ocratic an opportunity is offered for strong legislation on that subject. laws tending to reduce the pensions or bar out any of those who did service in defense of the nation will not only be unjust to the veterans but it will also decrease the feelings of patriotism among the rising generations. The men who went into the great rebellion to per petuate the union did so without any ex pectation of reward other than the wages eind in most cases they were scarcely thought of and now that they have be come old men, prematurely old by reason of the hardships endured, it would how a base lack of gratitude for the government to cut off or cut down the pensions. In tbe general demand for improve ment of the road laws by the coming legislature many things are to be con sidered. Under tbe present law it costs great deal for the road overseers to (sail out the residents of his district to work out their poll tax and the amount Of road tax payable in labor. If the laws were changed so that all this was payable to the treasurer in cash much better results would lie obtained in the working of roads. In regard to perrnan ocy of the roads the most important point is to induce people to use wagons with broad tires, A reward should be given to every one who uses a wagon with a tire, not less than four inches in width, by deducting a portion or all of j his road tax. Broad tires tend to im prove roads while narrow tires do much to destroy them. People have for years been demanding narrow tires and the manufacturers have acceded to their re quests, A wagon with a four inch tire would be a novelty in Nebraska and it will need some inducement to get farm ws and teamsters to begin to use them, but oik Mi, they will soon become tby poMMw advantage over tlraa which would aona b lif MMMtan Ad arrange rs f tMoh a aatur would prov mod HI MMM ha The Xatlotiil Election. Toledo Blade. The result of the Presidential contest can be stated very briefly: Cleveland is eleoted; Uie Democratic free trade party has triumphed: the new house is largely democratic, and the senate will be of tint political faith after March I. Ttte long years of falsification, of preaching a political millennium to tiie credulous multitudes, have at last home fruit. The people of the United Stat i are to-day exactly iu the position of tha Athenian who, when the question of the ostracism of Ariatuies was iefore the citi2eus lor decision, asked a man w hom he did not know, but who was Aridities himself, t inscribe that name upon the shell which he intended to vote. The statesman a:-ked him hat grievance he had against the man whom he proposed to banish. The reply was that he had none, but was tired of hearing tutu called 'tlie Just." So with a large number of American citizens just now. They w ere tired ol hearing tlie republican party extolled as the conservator of the bet interests of the nation. They are ret kle.-H of wl may come trom a trausler ol uncon trolled power to the democracy, and art only anxious for "a change."' It is in oliedience to a well known law that a pendulum, drawn to the extrein- t.v of its arc ou one side, w hen released will swing just as far on the other side, the war for the preservation of the Utiiou was the irresistible force whicl swung the mighty pendulum of the i"pular w ill to the extreme limit of the arc. With the triumphant outcome of that mighty struggle: this supreme force '.vas removed. The tendency has been lor the past twenty year.-. that is to say since lrl toward the other extreme. Various issues have served as hindrances. id hitherto prevented the full swing to : he other end. This year they did not prevail, and the swing is made. But the hour of the democratic party's triumph is also its hour of doom. If it dares to carry out its wildcat money scheme, as promised the eope in the hicago platform, it will meet with ilis i fleet ion in the west and south, if it carries out the policy outlined in the Utriir plank of its platform, it will roust t tie workiiigmen to a realization of tin incredible folly of which they have been guilty, and lie hurled from power as soon as a general election gives these deceived citizens the opportunity. If it does not fulfill that promise, the farmers of the "west and the planters of the south will wreak their vengeance upon it Its ter giversation has placed it in the predica ment of the gentleman who found him self located between the devil and the deep sea. This result is inevitable with a party which reaches power through false meth ods. Tbe democracy has committed the error of pursuing a policy of negation, t has condemned without stint any and every measure emanating from a repub hcan source, without having the ability or the statesmanship to frame a wiser policy. It has been driven to the advo cacy of theoretical makeshifts, which are sure to prove less advantageous, when put to the test of practice, than the poli- cices they antagonized. Hence we look, with the full assurance that our antici pations will be realized, for a complete discrediting of the democratic party in its attempts to remodel the economic and fiscal systems under which the United States has grown so marvellous ly within the past thirty years. The republican party of the nation is defeated, but it is not destroyed. It is a party of principles, not of makeshifts. it can afford to wait for the certain vin dication which must come when the peo ple have had a full exhibition of the lack of business capacity on the part of the democracy. That party's lease of un controlled power can not he long unless the people of the north submit to the in troduction of the election methods which have rendered the " name of southern democracy a hissing and a reproach to every honest man. questions upor. important points each week. Periodically, lectures art de livered before a gathering of t'ie iitles. the lectures and general study cout in u- allowed. eo pfeopta bo had their own farm land tij the sides of the rrailway were forbidden to v.i'k across. The trains front were stopped, and were sent off all Ht-t LIm to the llm-L Tlie Burlington Route B. &. M- B R is running elegantly equipped i-i.'er traines without cliange from Newt, title. ing through thirty-six w eeks in the year, within a quarter of an hour of each Wyoming aud Crawford, Nebraska, uirect Tbe league is absolutely non-partisan, and the lecturers and pupils are of both sexes. Tlie benefits of such a system of political education can hardly be estimated. John E. Oslwrne, the newly elected democratic governor of Wyoming, took forcible possession of the office a few days ago by prying open a window. The peculiar actions of Onborne lias (Siused a great deal of excitement and some trouble may follow. Just why he should be in such great haste is a query, and tlie matter will likely get into tbe courts. A Charming Souvenir. We have received recently a little j souvenir book, illustrated in colors and Je voted to the description of the business of The Youth's Ci.'ntp(thu.ni, as esjiecially illustrating the new building, which is just eompleU-d and occupied. Every one who is interested in the paiier, and w e know that the number of families iu our vicinity w ho take it increase year by year, will desire to see and lead this tiit of history concerning a favorite paper. While The Cumpanujn is one of the oldest papers iu the country, having been been started in 1827, it is one of the freshest and most vigorous of all our lublications and has attained the un equalled circulation of six hundred other in the evening. Tbe river traffic w Lincoln, Nebraska, making connection was also entirely suspended. j , t)jal point wjtn . tiir ow n through ! It can be readily imagined writes foj. Cheyenne, ftUd all correspondent of the London Daily ; ' ut News, what discomfort such suspension 1-oL we, and for Kansas trtj. M. of traffic occasioned, and it is only a JosejJi, St. Louis. Omaha, Peono. t-UJ-Bussian official who can see the jrood of (ago, and all jjoiiits east, it On the way back the czar wanted a Remember this is tlie only line by cup of tea, but owing to a sud lcn jerk huh you can take sleeping iar from of the railway carriage the tea was up- raw ford in ttie evening arriving iu Lm set The next morning (so goes the coin and Omalia tlie next afternoon, and story) the w hole line between St ;! in Chicago, Peoria and St Louis tlm fol- Peterf bi'rsr and Izora was carefully i lowing morning. searched by numbers of men, ordered to find out what jerked the czar's teacup! Every time the czar goes up and down to I'eU'rhoff the steamers have to be decorated, traffic is suspended on the river, and occasionally even the loading of steamers is stopped. HOUSEEOATING ON LAND. Mar lie For f urtlier information and ticket ap ply to nearest agent of Burlington Route B. & Jl. R. It B. E. BuwsTca, President. a H. 0R1SW0U( Commercial fDiCORPrMUTa -A. General Banking -TRAXSAC Harrwon. L. E. BELUEN & SON, Wagon and Carriage Makers. An English Tastlai Which Transplanted to America. "Caravaning." like '"houseboat inff," naif .tun,,, '-"fs j i lisli soil. A caravan is a sort of house- , k? boat on wheels, a fashionable and modernizMl gypsy cabin, or an improved photographer's car. It is drawn by horses, and develops a speed something between a canal boat and an express train, according to the number and g' ing tjiir-'itics of the steeds Ix-fore it. It is not distance, however, but time that a caravan i ; looked to to annihilate, so the matter of speed is secondary, says the New York Times. The vehicle, filled with a carefully selected company of pi.-kni -hers ambles aloi)' a lovely ItepHlrinir don' on short notice. ctHXi work anl rrnaonabte chartfe. Miop uoulli of livery barn. H.UtKISOK, ... NEH. t l.UVA.V A (UNLET, l4tr. Will i-hactr e is all Thk local, "iTE Mild federal courts and l H. I-aml ofliee. LEGAL PAPERS CAREFULLY DRAWN. ; t i t i j T Office in Court House, HAKKlSOS .... KE1IKAKKA FROM i hi". B. L. SMUCK, Fashionable Barber & One Door South nf OPEN SUNDAY RAZORS AM) SCIHsfilts m Sewing nudiinea clean.-J souvenir book by asking for it at the ime, the subscription is sent. The paper will lie sent free to January 1st to ill who subscribe now, including the double holiday numbers. Price f 1.75 a year. Boston, Mass. popular fbi The Patriotic League. Demorest's Family Magazine. It has been asserted that not ten per cent, of the men and women of the country have a fair knowledge of the laws and principles underlying our in stitutions and government. An experi- nent was once made on an election day to determine how many out of a certain number of voters at the polls had in mind even a rough outline of the con stitution. Tbe experiment was tried in a large city, the seat of several institu tions, and in a district comprising a large proportion of well-to-do and respectable citizens. The result was very disoourag- ng. The ignorance of American citizens of their political and eovernmentHl status and conditions has been deplored from the pulpit and the rostrum, and in the press and magazines; but until the present time nothing practical, looking toward an educational solution of the problem, has been attempted. Tbe Pa triotic League, organized by some of the best known men and women in the coun try, is the first step ever ninde in the right direction, and it is a huge stride. Circles of young1 men and trirls from school, colleges, clubs, or societies, are formed for the study of subject relating i to otjr iu-iwmw. j.;.,.'ii-tl history and the broader lawa of government. Tbe members ar furnished with books, pam phkU, and leaflets, prepared in simple, comprehensive styU by authorities in Um rtkm dtpiritaiat , serte of WHAT THUNDER WAS. In Md'i Mlndi it Seemed to Be Odd TIiIiiks Many Vear Aro. Muschenbroeck, for example (1692- 761), is admirable in his exposition of the physical properties of matter as known and admitted by the best minds; jut when he passes into the region of conjecture, he appears to be another and inferior man, says tbe Philadelphia Press. It is scarcely credible that so able a teacher should have spoken in the following manner of lightning, of the nature of which he was ignorant, and that Dr. Johnson, in his diction ary, under the word "thunder," should have quoted a portion of the same. "i 1338. The matter which produces the fire (1. e., tbe lightning) is the oil of plants, attenuated by the heat of the day, and raised on high. Then what ever has exhaled from the earth that is ulphurons or oily, which is dispersed up ami down in the atmosphere, and is not continuous, is set on fire by turns, and the flame dilates itself as far as the tract of that exhalation reaches: Some other substance pendent and floating in the air meets with this also, with which it excites an effervescence, takes fire, and flashes along with it. i 1339. Thunder is a most britrht name, rising on a sudden, moving with great violence and with a very rapid velocity through the air; according to any determination, upward from the earth, horizontally, obliquely, down ward, in a right line, or m several right iiuea, as ii were in serpentine tracts, joined at various angles, and commonly ending with a loud noise or rattling." THE DOG WAS ASTONISHED. And So Wan the Actor, Who Thonght He "Had 'Jim Again." 'I once played a cruel joke on John English, one of the old stock actors that have now about disappeared from the stage," said Kobert Stevenson to the Story-Tellers' club, that was killing time in llie corridors of the Laclede, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ''John was a great lover of a practical joke, and several times made me the victim. One season he was doing the smaller cities with 'Rip Van Winkle,' and had with a beautiful white dog that had played Schneider. I got hold of Schneider one night when John was pla3'ing at Brownsville, Tex,, to a packed house and painted hiin all the colors of the rainbow. Eip did not see Schneider until he obediently trotted upon the stage. When he caught sight of his dog he did not at once recognize his faithful companion, and, being a very nervous man, grabbed a chair, sprang to the far side of the stage, and stood on the defensive. Schneider realized that something was wrong and went crawling to his master on his stomach. The actor thought it some kind of a wild animal that was about to spring upon him, and, throwing the chair at Schneider, was about to rush off the stage. The dog emitted a plain tire ki-yi and English stopped, looked I at him, advanced to the footlights, and said impresswely; Til whip the coyote that made an Italian sunset of that dog." A VISIT FROM THE CZ'.R. It Caosss an Endlena Amount or Trouble and vexation In ltuula. Many troubles and vexations were caused by a visit which was paid the otner uay Dy tne czar to the military camp at Izora. The latter place is a village on the Neva, about ten miles from St, Petersburg, and accessible by water or raiL On the occasion of the Tlslt soldiers were placed on the rail way, Not far from the city are a nunv ber of mills, the workmen at which live on the opposite side of tbe line, going home Oaily for their meals. These workmen got to their work on Satur day morning, but were not allowed to cross the line again the whole day, be Inj obliged to go vithout their food or buy tt in a public house. No traffic was thousand copies weekly. Its prospectus. oritaining the announcements of authors country road until some sweet retreat and articles for the year 19:1, shows that ; nt "1- ncn u stops, ana he coming volume will be, if possible, to . - , -.i-,, ,. ' oeller than any of its predecessors. In ... ,.ai..,v;ln von ... , Rlwn. Any new subscriber may obtain the ' but not live: that 'you must do out of doors. If it should rain you may exist within its shelter, if you can, till the sun shines again. When every lnly is tired of the sweet retreat ami one of the thorns of caravaning is that there is a nance of your getting tired of it before every IkxIv the party moves on, like the snail, with its house upon its back. There is talk of introducing this pastime over here, but it seems hardly suited to the lively .American tempera ment. A ride on the top of a Fifth avenue stage ought to be more excit ing. j ' fcho Hated Doffs. j An iiged lady, who died recently in a j Connecticut town, left the income of ! one hundred thousand dollars to be used in house painthig. All who ap P led to have their houses painted .iiould have It done free, provided they i ould prove they had not kept a dog in two years and made nn oath that they would not keep one in future. The will adds: ",'o habit has a more dead ly hold on mankind than that of dog keeping, which is itself a proof that it ought to be crushed out " i V. A. HESTER, l'EALER IN Lumber, Grain Lime and Coal. Sash, Doors, Blinds. Hair and Cement. A Complete Stock Always on Hand. J. E. Fletcher. J. I F. H. Strati . Stratton. Sioux County Lumber Co. MAXt'f ACTt kEKX OF Lumber, Lath and Shingles. A Good Supply of Native Lumlier Always on Hand. LIM Hl'.lt WE ABE AITHOKIZKI) liVTIU. OMAHA WEEK World -He TO KKCKive Subscriptions for Any One SuLwribin j WIIX IIBCFJVK IT THK ( BALANCE OF THIS YKAR IlKl.IV KfiKI) .AT THE IN HAHIilSOX. MILL OU MILL NEAR FIVE POINTS. Final 1'roof Notices. All persons having limit proof notices In tlii pajMT will receive a marked copy of the I)iileraml uro regue.ited to examine their notleo ami it any errors exist report tlio same to till office at onec' .Nutiep for I'ulilleatlon. Lund Office at ( linilron, Neb., ( .. , 'Ct. ill, HW. ( otice ! hereby given that the follnwiiiir named Bel tier has tiled notice of tii inuoi- oon to make final proof in nupport of his claim, and that Haiti proof will ! made la tore Conrad f.indcinnn, Clerk or the liMriet Court, at Harrison, fiebr., on December Li. 1X12, viz: Earnest I'liliiiger, of Hndarc, Nelir., who made llonieHtead Kiitry No Ml for tlie S H Sec. T.XI N. It., 65 West of the lith I'. M. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuouH residence upon and cultiva of yaid land, viz: John 1'.. Hrartley, William Miller, Alaniion Houthworth, Matthew C. Jioan, all ol liodarc 'V- . W.II. MoCANN, IP "I KeifiMter. Notice for I'n tjlicat i uti. Land Office at Chadron, Neb., , , , -Nov. 1, JKH2. Notice is hereby Riven that the followinir nained wttlcr ha.i tiled notice til hi inten tion to make final proof In snpriort of his chum, and Ilea xaid proof will Im made he tore the Itc-Ki-ter and ; cceiver of the C s Lund Office at ( hadron, Nebraska on December loth, 1HH4, viz- " Utivid Anderson, nf Jloiitriwe, .br. who made Homestead Entry No Mil for the V T- ' 'V H' est of thefith l m! lie names the following wHnessos u prove lS,!;X,rSm"mi alc,,uv,, ;il'IUo"lJ of Ar,Jm. ritk., Aniist "!l"r. Christuiiher tienson 8-13 1 ol ilontro- W. it , ,--ui . Mcl'ANN, Register, Nolle for ruhliralloii. Land Office at Chadron, Neb., ) . Nov. 14, InW. t Notice )s hereby Riven that the following, named settler h,,a died notice, ol hi inten tion to make final oiia.f in - claim, and lhat ! proof will tie )rte t,e fore I onr.nl Lmdeman. clerk i ii,,n-,.;..', c.ou,1 ut. '"Tfwu, Nebraska, on December low, we.: Dliviil linrtlPtt. of Harrison. V1. who made Homestead id, try No Wlo. f..r ti, He names the following witnesses to nrnv. uon oi said land, viz John h. .Marsfeller. Tl Warneke. Lewis K. Hi, I, u .r Henry trrison, liolden, all of E, Kdviard I.lveniiore. of Harrison Vl,r hex;. 2, 1 . M N j,i vvesl of t,f Hl) j, M niVcoloi";" ' "'!':wi" to prove tlon of sai;ii;;d vIzV """" ttml Cuitlv!l' llarris, o s V.r Jn. M of 'i01f'i ' W. II. MeCANN, KeKister. Make $5. Iton't pay f 10 for Stimething You can get for f-., THE Lincoln Daily Call Nebraska's liest and cheapest daily, iian Vieen put within the reach of t-very-body by reducing the price to So PER YEAR. Everybody coneeded, two years uk'O, that THE CALL printed the fairest, tiiont feiirless mid most readable reports of the proceeding of the Legislature. The next session will be of esjxseial in terest la-'cause of THE SENATORIAL FIGHT. And THE CALL will handle this in its own original way, ng well as the pro ceeUingH of the session, The Call ls a comi'letk Newspaper, All for " a Year. t2..-,o for ft Months, if it; for 3 Months. THE WEEKLY CALL-Sl a year in ad vance. TIIE CALL ITULISHIM.' (., Lineolu Neb. 64 Columns a Week:; 'Jm Price ONE DOl Dr. Leonharl LitniU Ins practice to disease. Nervous System1 (hutii as Loss of Memoiy, IW tion and Will-power, Cramps, h eml Nervousness, and all !j Neuralgia.) HEART (As shown by .Shortness of I Pain, Palpitation, Fluttering and ness in region of the Heart.) BLOOD, (Such as Skin I iseases, Ulcers. si ve Paleness or Redness of the Faiutness, Dizziness, etc.) CONSULTATION FRE! ADDRESS WITH STAMPHHE: DR. LEON HARD 1452 O ST - - LINCOW, 'Mention this paper. GEOUGE WALKEK, Attonipy-al-Law. Will pnit'tlce lxfore all conrte and S. Ijind Olllre. Ilnsincss entmstel earn will receive prompt attention. HAIiHIKOX, - - NKBHASK NORTH WEST J. "W. SMITH, Boot and Shoe REPAIRER, Shop With II, A. Cunningham. CHARGES REASONABLE. Satisfaction Guaranteed. EASf SOUTH 1'urrli.w Tickets and CotiMKn Yourrf via the F., E.SH.V.S.C. KAILR0A1IS. II. G. CURT, (ieneral Manapfl K. MtJHEIlDt'KE, J. It fit csil Geu'l Freinht Aft. Gen'l V4 OMAHA, NEB. JOHN A. LUCAS, Pkksidkst. A. CASTLE, Vice Phesihent. CIIAS. E. VKKITY.C F. A. CASTLE, Asst. d -Notice for I'lihllcallnn. Lund Oftlcc nt (hiirtron, Keb Nr,tt,n l 1... V. "'. inifz. riyi'r':!n-'s,Sr?!i"H-!,t W, IsifJ, Mi Hiram l!liirtTOn, of Anfiimre, ti. p.t Bm,r, John UeliaU,VlfofBtAra,n Jiwi-lili Mmtm, ,t Ardniore. S. tl i. Sec. 4 T 14 v V(' ,J ;. ,'""t " , ot" S, I ttU contlniio, Z i"8-8, I'fove Uo.iof.Kild 1 1,1 V".'K4) "I" and cultiva. THE BANK HARRISO ESTABLISHED 1887.1 Harrison, Nebraska. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. $25 000; Transacts a General Banking Busfl Buy. Scbool Orrs, County wl VilUK Warrant. ,y COKKKSrONDKXTS Kwm Bm, In Yo-k r Vkrtmu. Bask, Oi.h. FWb Katuwai, Bask, Iiarolo. Daw or Cbaumir, eh Tf I TtTV f. 4. x " hark klrr noi ,pr und pped- ferr-per 1 Lpet ton.. lifr oatb t ttdes boi .Finest li Urtort. lie will LOW jape !. 5 ret seat. So com liind of ' A turkt Ine of tin Ly. Waste trade foi RSAU -A upp lurch last hended. Waste kr partict krriwn, N -It is rej ke fruit ti krl of the Interest Paid bm Time Deposit J- V- 7-r v -. h .XI l.. . jo.