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The Sioux County Journal, VOLUME VIII. HAKKISOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1890. NUMBER 29. Sour Stomach, sometime railed waterbrash and burning pain, dintre-s, nausea, dvs pepsia, are cured by Hood's -arsaparilla. This it accomplishes because with lis wonderful power as blood purifier, Hood's farsaparilla gently tones and strengthens tte etoma-h and dilutive organs, invigorates thH liver, creates an appetite, gives refrething sleep, and rait-es the health tone. Ia chscs o dys pepsia and indigestion it seems to have "a magic tom-h." "For over 12 years I suffered from sour Stomach with severe pains aeros my shoulders, and great ditttrecH. 1 had violent nauw. which would leave me very weak and faint, difficult to get my breath. These spells came oitener and more severe. I did nDt receive any laming benefit from physicians, but found bucIi happy effects from a trial of Hood's Karsupanila, that 1 took several bottles and mea.i to always keep it in the house. I am now able to do all my own work, which for six years I have been unable to do. My husband anil son have also leen greatly lienefited by Hood's Saraaparilla for pains in the back, and after the grip. I gladly recom mend this grand blod medicine." Mrs. Psteb Bi'kby, I-eoininHter, Muss. rHoodT Sarsaparilla In khc One True Blood Purlfler. All dniRirliiU. ft. Hood's Pills cn re all Liver Ills and Hick Headache. 25 cents Checks Bleeding, Reduces Inflammation, Quiets Pain, Is the Bicycler's Necessity. Sores, Pi in TO Burns, Piles, UUntO Colds, Rheumatism, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Chilblains, Catarrh, Inflamed Eyes, Wounds, Bruises, Sprains, Headache, Toothache, etc. USE POND'S EXTRACT after Shaving No Irritation, after Exercising No Lameness. POND'S EXTRACT OINTMENT is a specific for Piles, socts. PONO'S EXTRACT CO.,76 5th Av., N.Y. The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. UIALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS., Hss discovered In one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it In over eleven hundred casts, and never failed except in two cases (bath thunder humor). He has now In his possession over two hundred certificates of Its value, all within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit Is always experienced from ths first bottle, and a perfect curt is war ranted when the light quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected It causes sheeting pains, like needles Passing through them; the same with the Liver er Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts being Stepped, and always disappears In a week after taking it Read the label If thestoaach Is foul or bilious It wll cause squeamish feelings at first No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best yo tan get, and enough of It. Dose, one tablsspoonfulja water at bed time. Sold by all Drug-gisti ASK YOUR DCALIR FOR TJ. L. Douclao 3. OHOE "Velio V yon par MloMloc thorn, ci- f sous the W.L.DwifUi hho,snd U H bat a geod Am fo CM bar for w OVIR IOO STYLM AND WIDTHS, COXf. KKM, BUTTON, mud LACK, mM la all alaa of tht test MlMta leethar kj tallica war., taaa. We S Seas . thaa muf 1 elfcer aaaaatatarar la tfca werM. Nona nuis mIsm iai ud aiiot u tuapsa on tho soMota. Aik ytnt dteltr for our M, a, ss.se, Mae, s.es .siu: SJe,SaadI.TSIocbott. TM Qj MMHIVIt. If rearsasisr caaaat nwi na, M la lac tt. L. WiGLAM, SreewXH. CI Ms). : A ROMANCE OF THE WEST jj HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOfX (It is thi' belief of most eople that wheu Or. J ii n if. ii croxsed the Transvaal frou tier tt the head of a bund of eight huii-ilri-l freelMiters, it n an with Uie tacit ap proval of the BririKli South African Coin pcuy; that if t tit Itritiwh South African 4 ' mii J ra ii y found that Jameson and hiu ex edition were mn-ceKtsful, they would back him with tlieir wealth and their ma chine guns: that if the British Govern uieut found the South Afrii-au ('oiiiiauy wan successful, they would hack up the company with the force of the British I.nipire, and that another country would he nobbled up by Jreat Britain. All of these hopes have been battled by the de feat of the JaiiUtton expedition by the Boers. Thia recalls another exieilitioii projected on similar line !n our ow n coun try about a hundred yearn ugo, when Aaron Burr went into the Went, and, making Ilarman IllemierhasNett' beauti ful home hiu headquarters, began euliitt big men for an expedition uguinitt the Spanish poseninns on the Oulf of Mex ieo. He, tMi, led his men to believe that it wan with the tacit approval of the I'nited States (iovermnent, and, if their expedition mieretdi, the I'nited State would back them up and niakp It a part of its territory. A a matter of fact, Burr designed to make himself dictator of the conquered territory. But there, too, event militated against the adventurer, and the Bnrr-Blennerhasn'tt expedition failed. But it wan a picturesque and niont changeful time in American history, and it will not be uninteresting to recall it now.- Kiln.) In the Ohio River, near the mouth of the Little Kanawha and almut fourteen inllcs below the old town of .Marietta, lies Blciinerliasset Islam). VrhapH no other spot along "La Belle Riviere" ban such an interesting history. It was nlinoKt Iihi jeai-K since Ilar man Bh'iinerhaKNPtt anil his bride went to live in the (treat wlhlertiess of the West. Bh-nnerhassett was the sun of nn Irish (,'cntleinun, though his birth place was at Hampshire, Kuglaiiil. He was Ixini In l"ti", when liis pa rents wereoti a visit to Hampshire. Ills fam- y witH aniiiiiK the most 1 Int iuiruislicl of the Irish gentry, and Ilarinati en joyed excellent educational advan tages. After a preliminary schooling In KtiKlniir, lie entereil Trinity Col lege, Iublin, where he graduated in due time with high honors. He then read law In the Inus of Court, and was admitted to the bar In 17!Ht. At the death of his father, noon after, Blcn- nerhassctt received a large accession to his fortune. With wealth, rank, and Intellectual power of a high order.rlchly cultivated, he seemed to he upon the threshold of a brilliant career. Ills friends desired Mm to enter politics, but that wus not to his taste. Ills Inclinations were for the milcter paths of literature. The e.- Itement aroused by the oppression of royalty was In the very air In Ireland. ami he turned to the I'nited Slates as a haven of refuge. He sold nil of his landed estates and went to England, where he married Miss Agnew, a daughter of the governor of the Isle of Man. Before leaving London, ho pur chased u large and valuable library and an extensive chemical and philosophi cal apparatus. Through letters which he brought, he and his wife became ac quainted with many of the leading fam ilies In New York, and they were the re clplent of flattering attention. Hearing of the Eden-like Islands In the Ohio Itlver, he determined to vlalt that part of the country. Mr. and Mr. Blennerhassett arrived In Plttaburg In the autumn of 1797, and floated down the rlrer as far aa Marietta In one of the flat-bottomed boat then In use. He pent all of the next winter In studying the topography of the country and the bablta of the people. The following prlng he bought what waa then called Backus Island, and ever since It ha borne his name. Tbla laland contained about three, hundred acres, and at the upper eud a few acres were free front treea, presenting a natural lawn. The drooping branchea of the willows tared by the river, and gigantic elms and sycamore, gave beauty and grandeur to the aceuery. Tbe new owner of tbla enchanting uot began energetically to erect a home. Mlavea were bought, and the up per part of tbe laland was laid out and ornamented with exquisite taste. There were graveled walks, and carriage ways, and a beautiful view of tbe river through an opening among the trees, snd a flower gsrden of about two acres filled with flowering shrubs, both exotic and native. Arbors and grottoes cover ed with vines were scattered here and there, and on tbe aouth side of tbe lal and waa a kitchen garden, stocked with choicest fruits. Hparlou outbuildings were erected and boat-landings con structed for communication with tbe Ohio and Virginia snores. Tbe bouse waa like a palace, with two wings stretching out in either direction, and Its Inside Snish waa luxurious. When tbe house waa completed, together with tbe adornment of the grounds, tbe a am of sixty thousand dollars In gold bad been expended. The mistress of this romantic home was a very beautiful woman. Her lig ure, tall and commanding, waa molded In perfect proportions. Her manners were captivating, and, at the same time, full of dignity. Shu wrote and Kimke French and Italian fluently, while her familiarity with English lit erature at once stamped her as a wom an of culture aud refined education. She was an accomplished horsewoman, and she was also an accomplished housewife. She was very ambitious, aud It was a great trial to her to have her husband waste his brilliant lowers In obscurity. Valuly she urged him to enter as nu advocate the higher courts of Virginia, but he preferred bin books and music, and the peaceful pursuit of scientific studies. Blennerhassett was a versatile genius, a man of great ben evolence and intense sympathies, and in manners very courteous, mild, aud yielding. Ills virtues were of the amia ble character, aud he was easily duped by the designing. That he lacked ambi tion and loved his eaBe was evident. When the Bleunerhasseta had finish ed their home aud begun to live In ear nest, If the Uvea of two idlera-iuay be called living in earnest, their Island h came the ceuter of the fashionable Met of the community. The leading people of Marietta, Belpre, near by on the Ohio shore, and all of Wood County, In Virginia, made the Blenuerhasset man sion the center about which all things In the fashionable world revolved. For eight years they dwelt there, enter taining all comers with opcn-hamlcd hospitality, making frequent trips to the East to visit friends, as well as to make purchases. They entertained hi y Ishly for the times and for tbe sur roundings, a ud the fame of their hos pitality reached fur and wide. Such was the Island home, nnd such were Its Inhabitants, wheu the serpent entered this Eden and wrought its ruin. Aaron Burr was one of the most fas cinating of men. A graceful man, of handsome aquiline features, with high mental endowments, and lu possession of rare conversational powers, he had the instincts of a vulture, and was eternally scheming for his personal gratification and aggrandizement, reck less of the ruin aud misery his selfish ness wrought. His career hud been brilliant until when, as Vice President of the I'nited States during President Jefferson's first term, lie imbrued his hands In the blood of Alexander Ham ilton, and brought upon himself the exe cration of his countrymen. It was then he formed the Napoleonic concep tion, and apparently feasible one, of wresting from Spain the Empire of Mexico, and from the United States the vast and almost unsettled solitudes of the Mississippi Valley, there to organ ize a magnificent empire, of which he was to be Iniperator. Burr had heard of Blennerhassett, of his wealth, ami of his influence over the rapidly Increasing population of the Ohio Valley, and he resolved to en list Mm In the enterprise. In the spring of the year 1H05, Burr appeared upon Blennerhaaset Island, and was the re cipient of distinguished attentions at the hands of Ita hospitable owners. It la not my purposo to follow In detail the Intrigue and the Intricacies of the dealings lietween Burr and Blenner hassett. Suffice It to Ray that both host and hoatesa were charmed. He seemed aa artless as a child. Familiar with the aecreta of state, he spoke of 'the prospect of war with Spain and of the eaae with which tbe Mexicans, with a little help, might throw off the Spanish yoke and establish an lnde(endeul gov ernment. With great frankness he ei plained to them an enticing land spec ulation within the Spanish territory, on tbe Red River, in which he waa en gaged, and showed them how very prof itable It was to lie. Having taken tbe first step, lie went on hi way. Tbe next autumn, how ever, Hurr and bia beautiful daughter. Tbeodoaia. made a abort vlalt to the laland, and In the following winter Mr. and Mr. Bleunerhamtett were lured East for tbe purpone of further Inter views, and It Is presumed that they entered Into a sort of partnership for land speculation. Uleniierbaaaett waa Incapable of treason, and It cannot be doubted, as It appeared afterward at tbe trial, that Burr adroitly veiled bis real purpose from him by tbe projected land speculation. In the summer of IMOtt Burr came West, and active measures were taken to organise sn expedition. The In triguer bad such Influence with Bleu nerhassett's wife that she readily per suaded her husband to pledge him self for the payment of all expenses. Bateaux sufficient to carry five hundred men were built and provisioned at Mar ietta, and Colonel Burr visited many settlements la Ohio and Virginia to en gage enterprising and hardy young see aa recruits, and he speedily secured tbe required number. Kach emigrant waa required to bring a rifle and blan ket. The little colony was organised with military precision, for its leader waa au accomplished soldier. Every one waa to receive the gift of one hun dred acres of land. Burr told them that President Jefferson, who w as very pop ular in the West, approved of the expe ditiou. Confidentially he assured them that, while their expedition was a peaceful one and lis object the settle ment of the vast tract of laud pur chased of Huron Bastrop, still there was the certainty of war between the I'nited states and Spain, In which eveut .Mexico would flee herself, and his col ony would have the molding of a grand empire on the foundations of demo cratic equality, and they might Kirich themselves beyond the dreams of ro mance. Meanwhile news of Burr's doings had reached the East, and President Jeffer son became alarmed. He knew Aaron Burr thoroughly, and was well aware of his ambition and his powers of In trigue. The governors of Ohio and Vir ginia were called upon to suppress the expedition. The militia was called out, and the boats and stores were seized. A detachment of militia from Wood County, Va landed upon the Island, became drunk from the liquors In the cellar, and pillaged and burned the house and out-buildings. Burr aud Blennerhassett were lsith arrested for treason, and were tried and acquitted. In the next two years Blennerhassett lost his Island home, nnd he found him self with a family upon his hands, but with his riches all gone, aud In their place a mountain of debts. However, he learned enough to write a book, in which he involved not only Burr in treasonable acta, but also Governor Al ston, of South Carolina, Burr's son-in-law. Alston paid ten thousand dollars rather than have the book published. BleimerhasHett then undertook a cotton-plantation near Natchez, but the war of 1812 ruined commerce and he re moved to Canada. Here he became bankrupt and was forced to subsist until bis death upon the bounty of his sister. Mrs. BlenncrhiiKsett, thrown upon her own resources, returned to America to prosecute hor claim for the destruction of her home on the Ohio Island by the militia, subsisting mean while upon the income of a few a ha res of bank stock and the charity of her frieuds. She died, however, in 42, JuHt as she had got her petition prop erly before Congress. llleunerhassett island Is now used as a picnic-ground in the summer time, and is kept planted In the ordinary ciops. There is little left to mark the site of the old mansion. The well. which is about six teet lu diameter, was so well stoned up when first built that It Is as good ns new to-day, aud the water is sweet anil cool. Aa a last touch of Iconochism, where the rounded lawn once lay Is now a lmse-lwll dia mond. Albert Claypool White, in San Francisco Argonaut. "The Wizard" and Ilia War Talk. AproixM of war, It Is to be hoped that the reported Interview with Mr. Edison upon the subject of electrically blowing whole armies and navies Into atoms Is at least exaggerated, if not wholly a product of the festive season. Visions of the horrible wholesale extermina tion possible by his alleged infernal in ventionselectric chains, dynamite cannon, submarine torpedoes, and the like belong to the very nightmares of science, and call up grim and ghastly pictures of scenes such as a Wlerts might have dreamed for an illustrated 'Inferno." If Mr. Kdlson really said thai, In the case of a war between Eng land and America, he would give his whole time and energy to his country lu other words, to the production of those dialHilical Inventions he ought to lie denounced as the prime enemy of the human race. Could It be with these devilish Inventions In his mind Uiat one of the Vauderbllts declared that a month after a declaration of war the whole seam would be as bare of English vessel as the palm of his hand? War, at Ita lieat, la brutal, and a disgrace to civilization for of what value is our so-called culture If we can aily settle disputes by brute force yet, when weaiMtna were primitive, It gave opportunities; for larsona! hero Ism, which cast some son of a glamour over the sickening and disgusting de tails. But. conducted upon the Edi Monlan lines, it would be aheer coward ly massacre wholesale murder, with out the faintest "extenuating circum stances.," and au absolutely unquali fied disgrace to humanity. 1 only hope that the Edition Interview I almut a reliable s other "compliment of the season." Lady's Pictorial. New Cannlnu Prows. A vacuum process of canning fruits In glass ha la-en Invented, which It I prophesied will doom forever the old faahloucd and extremely obnoxious tine. All the deleterious gaaca generat ed In cooking tbe fruit, and even tie sir, sre extracted by thia new method, so that fermentation is reduced to a minimum. No solder Is uaed and each Jar Is opened by making a puncture with a penknife, after whbih the cover csn le lifted off entirely. A Sbjr Voang Womu. The funniest bit of news that wo have read in tbe papers recently is that Mm. Harsh Grand, who Is com ing over here on a reading tear, Is shy.-Boston Olofta, JAP SCHOOL SYSTEM. GREAT ADVANCEMENT MADE IN THAT COUNTRY. Lately Japan la Faat Coming to the Front Along KcJucatlonul Lines Prominent Part Athlcticu Took Under the Old Dispensation. Many Reforms Are Proposed. t'ntil recent yeniu the school system of Japan was at best a haphazard iiue. Education was not compulsory, aud even when taught was kept within rigid lines and nut at all adapted to the needs of everyday life. To the higher nobles, for Instance, the rules of arithmetic were a dead letter, and even among the Samurai it was considered infra dig. to understand the working of tho aUicus (sorolmu) or counting machine a most wimple yet excellent Babbidge in embryo. In the Nobles' school at the present day the same dislike for uum hers in apparent, though in a much hs degree; while the young scholars are otherwise very quick In acquiring lan gunges and fond of abstruse argument. Similarly geography, in the sense in which we understand It, waa practically unknown, although the topography of the empire was most carefully taught Nor was there any proper instruction In the mother tongue; no available dic tionaries; aJmolutely no grammar. The plaiM; of these indispensable books was taken by the Chinese classics, a knowlwlge of which was thought neces sary to every student. Feumlu educa tion waa wholly ignored. It was con sidered quite sufficient if a woman, even of high rank, could write with the simple kana, or syllabic alphabet. Pontry was taught, but after a very (iOVKIt.VMEJiT PRIMARY SCHOOI.HOr. halting fashion. On the other hand, the greatest jsmsible weight was laid on athletic exercises aud the develop ment of the physique. Fencing was taught to mere youngster of ii or 7 and until they reached the age of man hood. Archery, the use of the spear and halberd, equestrianism, Jujustu, and n score of similar exercises helped to strengthen the muscles aud harden the frame. The Japanese of thirty years ago were pnystcaily a rar finer race than the indent generation. The present Minister of Education, Marquis Snionji, the youngest Cabinet member, haa pronounced views of his own, which he Is desirous of seeing adopted before the next turn of tho wheol will see him landed In the Privy Council or in possession of some other li-ss congenial portfolio. Last year, for instance, a very great change waa in augurated. Higher middle schools were given the rank and style of high school", wherein the student may, If he so desire, acquire fully sufficient knowledge for all pur poses of practical life, or may graduate as an agricultural expert, an engineer, a manufacturer, eericulturist in a word, as a well trained professor of a number of sciences peculiarly adapted to the every day needs of the people. This was a great step Id tbe right direc tion, the success of which wss mainly attributable to the Indefatigable labors of Mr. TsuJI, ei-Vlce Minister of Edu cation, and President ef the Edneatiot al Society of Japan. The modern school years of Japanese, aa will be teen front tbe following, are far too tang. The nnlTonrtty is a goal MIDRLS SCHOOL STtTORff T S0SR1. I which can be reached by few. The schools are divided thus: Primary school Course of four years. Higher primary school Course ot four years. Middle school Course of Ave years. Higher middle school Course of three years. University Course of four to fivo years. It will thus be seen that, according to the system now In vogue, a student GHOfPOF HIGHER MIDDLE 8CHOOLBOTS. must study twenty to twenty-five yearJ before he can hope to obtain the dlplo ma of the Imperial University. Vertical Penmanship. To the casual observer there appear to be little importance In the movement: to substitute vertical for slant writing.! But to the Board of Supervisors fori tho KlUt Tl , . . . 11 .. V. 1 -. I . A J itself as a matter of mighty Import In a recent report this board exhauat-j ively discusses the subjects of pen-; manshlp in the public schools. They say that the question of vertical versus; slant writing has been under investi- gatlon and discussed for about thre decades; that it has been from the first not a question of taste, but of hygiene;; that It grew out of inquiries into the' causes of physical defects among! school children in various European' countries. The report goes on to state,! in effect, that vertical handwriting waa! decided to be a remedy for some of the defects; that it has the indorsement1 of various international hygienic con-) gresses, and that it is rapidly supplant ing slant writing all over Europe. The1 physical defects referred to are said to have been aggravated by ill-adapted desks aud the unnatural and wearying' positions which the children were re quired to assume. The supervisors were opposed to the use of slates in; the primary grades of the public schools. It is not only a hygienic, but an art improvement, according to the Boston, board, to do away with slant writing.. They find that the vertical writing of experts and of school children of all ages is more legible than the slant, and this fact commends it to business men ns well as to printers. The re port says: "It is a generally admitted fact that whenever excellence In grant writing has been obtained, it has been at a sac rifice of comfort on the part of the pu pils, and of time and strength on tho part of the teachers. The weight of evident seems to show that good ver tical writing can be obtained at much less cost. In the primary schools the children seem Inclined to write a round, upright hand, and are with difficulty forced Into the angular, slanting style.1 To develop and perfect the natural hand has Iteen found in practice to be easier than to change It; so much easier that competent Judges have expressed the opinion that with vertical writing there need be no special Instructor in penmanship after the fifth or sixth year In school." Many Improvements In methods of public Instruction have originated In Boston, and this movement may be another step In tbe same direction. The board has undoubtedly made an honest and thorough investigation of the question of penmanship, and Its findings will attract tbe attention of educators throughout the country. Washington Post. Ia School. Teach the children to come In quiet ly, boys removing their hats. Not to pass In front of each other when possible to avoid It; to apologise when not. To prefsce every request, no matter how slight, with "Please," and to re ceive sll favors with "Thank you." Don't tolerate "Thanks" under any con sideration. It haa a crisp, curt sound. Not to push, Jostle nor crowd. To use always a low tone. To prefer others before themselves. To keep desks, floor, walla and books In order. To make a careful toilet as to hair; nails, hands, face, neck and ears be fore coming to school. To sit and stand erect. Not to throw, but to carry things. Not to speak with anything In the south. To speak kindly to all and ef all particularly of the absent. Not to "fuss" over little t blags, tsar over anything. 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