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flKO. E. BENSCHOTER, I Editors »n<1
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Official Paper Sherman County
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Why does Spain spell her name
Sain now?
Because Dewey knocked the “p”
out of her.
Our signal station had its flags at
half mast the other day. Suppose
this was a mark of remembrance
for deadbeets.
Governo Holcomb, showed good
judgment in waiting until all the
troops called tor were gone before he
made a Colonel out of our Billy
Bryan.
So Billey Bryan has been made a
Colonel of volunteers. Well that
may be all right for politics but for
war better get some one that thinks
a cannon ball is as big as a Mexican
Dollar.
Nebraska furnishes as many pat
riots to the square inch as any state
but there is still a pop(y) contingent
left that snaps at the heels of the
administration like a penny dog af
ter a bear.
The ways and means aommittee.
of the house of representative re
ports that it costs #25,000,000 for
the first months prepcrations for the
land forces tor the war with Spain,
and that it will probably overreach
that amount hereafter. The army
will be brought up to the full quoto
on a war footing which is 60,000
regulars and with the present arrange
ments 125,000 volunteers which will
cost S t0,000 per day to feed them
besides the arming clothing equip
ping and maintaining them in first
class shape. $500,000,000 will be
the least figure that can be depended
upon for one years \varfor both bran
ches of the army.
Nebraska, on the average presents
more advantages for the agricultur
ist than any other state in the union.
It is true we have our drawbacks as
have all others, but for diversified
crops in great profusion we rank
with the best of them. One man can
till more soil and handle easily more
acres in Nebraska, than in any other
state in the Union, and can keep it
clean. We have farmers in Sherman
county, who singlehanded cultivate
100 acres and who last year cleared
#1,500 on a quarter section of land.
The prospects this year are so far
more flattering than last, small grain
is perfection all around and corn ie
promising the same and with a con
tinuation of present favorable weather
and prices Nebraska will be the pearl
of the west. Our climate seems tc
be again assuming its old conditions
and even better than before our long
drouth period set in. The copious
showers that have fallen this spring
has pushed vegetation to a poim
never reached at this early date, am
it looks more like a tropical growtl
than that of a temperate clime.
The Philippines, comes in for t
large share of the war interest nor
being shown by tbe people of tin
United States. The great queatioi
being, since we virtually have then
what disposition to make of them
It is a question that is full of goo*
argument from any standpoint. Tin
Monroe doctrine gently pricks on
a veracious sensibilities when w>
conclude that Uncle Sam abouh
ksep them, and make us wonder
we can. at least consistently, say t
other countries that they cannot »<
quire any territory in the w.-stcri
world but w« are privileged charm
ters, we go where we want and laic
what we please and if they don t Ilk
it they can get off the earth, llu
thru on the other hand thorn otbe
countries si) have coaling atatiou
in western wstera and l n< i« San
cares nut, sad tnat is all w* look t
in ths Philippine* True, it may lx
to maintain thi* we will be . »q«;|
e*| to assume s protectorate over th
group or even to rutin h .-o .,
them He that a* it wo *>ur grow
lug interests through** »t the sot I
ami the dangerous inrv « I* kur*q>
is cndcvoring, with considerable suc
cess, to make in the Pacific for com
mercial purposes thereby injuring or
probably ruining the vast trade wo
already have in that quarter of Hie
globe justifies us in saying to the
world wc have driven the vampires
that have cursed the fair archipcla:: •
and oppressed its people for so many
years from its shores, and we now
propose to keep it. It is the pur
pose, without a doubt, of Hu rope to
drive American commercial <>pp
lion from the far east, then home
interests demand it, or at least that
is the way they seem to loo* at it.
Our interests demand the fii-edom <■*
the world for barter and trade, end
our hearts demand it for the person.
More than a year a > now. tl.e-i q..
pic sent a petition to Washington,
begging oursuccor, witbouts’retched
hands they pled for aid before they
perish from the face of the ' ■ it h.
They look to us as dot-, the Ar !i >
Mecca, they have been taught iron
their earliest existance that 'inn
was a iand on the other side <d' the
world where people were free. And
they sent their supplicating npp
across the great waters t > Hiat peo
pie for aid appealing for deliverance
from a condition that is worse than
death. OurCeasar has rco. tied tin m,
and as of old says l-V eni, \ idi, \ ici,
I come, I saw, I conquered, ai i Hi ,
rejoice that they may I eon:.
other people. No trouble i. I »ely
to come from them if we govern tl .u
as we should. Let the balance o' tin
world object,, we are doing <•"'!*
work in civilizing and freeing u • >
kind, let us keep everlastingly at i
I'Ki t i B90R O* BOLL v M>
Civil War Haw Martyrs to tli#* Catiw «»l
Hubmarlnf* FlfthLlng
Like every successful <uu- tii it
of the submarine torpedo bud. of
which the Holland is the -u'- d
type, had its martyrs.
In lso.'J Lieutenant Pawie, a young
brave and gifted sailor of t Jit- <’ a
federate navy, had con-dr .-•*■• 1 a
submarine torpedo boat.
On October 12, of that v .r, .11
Mobile bay, the vessels as teal 01
an errand of distruction a: urist the
Yankee llect. She dived, hut < id
not come to the surfaci and her
crew of eight mini were sulfocut< i.
The inventor had been r> trained
from taking part in the trial, lie
had faith in his invention, and on
January 11, l8ol insisted in direct
ing the vessel on a similar iuU-,ion
in che harbor of Charleston. Again
there was a failure, but Lieutenant
Payne and two sailors narrowly
escaped the death which overlook
their companions by breaking though
the top of a glass compartment.
Subsequent improvements caused
tlie vessel to be capable of diving
and rising at the will of the oper
ator, and repeated trials in tie one
| river caused the entliusiaui of the
confederates to know no bon: u
went for a mile under v.ate.", is
charged blank torpedoes and r. turn
ed, breathing easily. On January
29 ol the same year, however, .-un
stuck her nose in the sand, and this
time Lieutenant Payne stayi 1 to
sleep the long sleep with the men
who went down with him. Again
the boat was raised. Other brave
men manned her, and on l ehr.
17, 1884 in Cbarlston harbor, ..he was
sent to attack the Federal w; is’.ip
liousatonic. She accomplish I her
mission by sinking the big enemy.
But the victor did not reappear.
Two years after, when the wreck
age was being removed from Chain a
ton barber, tile liousatonic wa t il
in the side of the great \ . I u
a jagged bole made by the submarine
tighter, and wedged in the hole w.-e
Lieutenant Payne’s t up. in I
with the bodies of all the men
went with her to death at tin it ; u
prisoners of the enemy whom the;,
had dost roved. -Kansas City Juura.
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| GENIUS OF THE POAbsiCE.
How s St»tc«:’i:.«T» i: ":<■ 1'ror. VTn,
I Helped on Wny to I'm
“The off horre has lr •; o rhe--' from
the right lot :. V • . -
a* ho drew up oppi- a ' ■ r black*
smith shop. “Shull I stop a .1 have it
! repine, d?“
“By till means,” rr.died tha < nor
I of the curricle, Senator Aarou I . . of
! New York, “it i.: alwa; • ; r
'thing to keep your lx. well 1,
and, beside*, I am only i i ghxl . i u
chance to stretch nty 1- ,; af r : i-.-.g
a drive. NVbila the faith [- 1 . y 1 will
stroll to the top of one of V-< i h »ar.i
fol Ulster county bills. ”
When he returned half an h >ar later,
he happened to glance at lit. ■’.»< of a
barn mar tho shop and . with sur
prise an accural■ the > bur. . tiy
drawn charcoal pictured bia ourrLle
aud horses.
“Who drew that?” bo fog-sir.:1.
“That little trou/.y 1 j■ ; i yi udc.r,"
replied tho blacksmith, pointing to a
boy in homespun who was d.oppin.g
wood in the dooryard oppr it« ; if his
whole mind was oooupied v,. ii hi t t .. k.
“Halloo, my lad,” calk 1 Burr, and
when the little fellow P E. ] up with
tho air of ono who has Is - u c-.u 'lit in
some misdemeanor bead,id pleasantly,
"If ever you want to change your occu
pation and see lifa, ju.-t put a clean
shirt in your hundh and go to this ud
drc.-* in New York,” i n i he cros.-ed
the road to hand the boy a > lip of paper.
The team wit* soon on its homeward
way, and in a short time tho incident
pro tl from thecrov;-’.• Jnind of A - i
Burr. Months uft .rv x • us be f-at at
breakfast, a servant br iphthima pack
ago containing a hoax , -ado cl- ;.-i shirt
and said that n boy at the -1 w had
asked her to deliver it as an nil sufll
CTI lit i: i tr ■ ; 11 • 1 ! •
could not under, rand it.. - - /' . nee, t.n
ho sent for tho boy, v,’bf:,» he at'mo
' recognized as the youthful f niusuf tho
roadside.
With all his fanils, Burr v .s a g-.tu
crcus • man at heart, and Ira spared
neither pains tier tij ■ a? f i give the
youth the best of ir ; • H u in his
chosen prt.'ti ... it 1 on artistic
point of view the student l.< came very
successful as the great' }..:>it<-r Vender
lyn, although ho lived u 1 ■< t pi/, rty.
Ho painted the portraits of Aaron
Burr and bis daughter, Tbtoih da. from
which w. re tai; a tho fi.-m uigrr-vin:;*
by which wo know th j. Ho d; d j -m
the spot where he dr / the* piet.nr* of
the waiting team. Hit car- r i a nohlo
monument to the better ei; - of the n t
tnre of his benefactor, a i: Aisro not
wholly devoid of ew. tn s and light,
although darkened by f ■-■ipiii. at clouds
through his mature 3 to and iinally
eclipsed in the murky g! i-t of a purely
selfish ambition.—Atlanta Constitution.
GOLFING PHILOLOGY.
Derivation of Curtoai Ttrrnu V. >ik*h lie
long to tb« Canir.
To the enthusiastic g dfer the game is
never out of season. Fitted with “arc
tic” goloshes and a war. i uitvid
waistcoat, be is seen upon the links oil
many a day which appears inclement to
tho uninitiated. Perhaps this disregard
of snow and ico is natural wl. ti one
comes to look up the derivation of golf
ing terms. Many <the words c ..ue di
rectly from the 1< laadio lat.-ua.-es,
others have tym cyans in <it lie or
Swedish.
Tho tee, or little nodule of gravel or
earth from which tao golfer..'.;.. ill
his ball, at the Loginning of c; h link,
is derived from “tia," an Icelandic v..rb
signifying “to point out.”
Again, “golf” itself evidently cornea
from the Scandinavian “kolf,” u club,
the Gaelic form being “colb”-and tbo
Icelandic form being “kolfr” (a olajipi r
of a bell or bulb).
Tbo “links” come straight from tho
Swedish “lynku,” meaning a “twist”
cr “crook;” hence its application to tbo
windings of the coast, the ; indy, barren
ground called “links” in Scotland.
To “put” (pronounced “putt”)comes
from the Gaelic “put,” signifying to
push cr throw, as when ti • us.-ful “put
ter” propels tho golf pall from tho
"tmttii g croon” into the bode.
j The “loiter” is derived from the Ico
; lnndir “Jolt”—that i.-. v ,r air—a
! Danish form being “loft” for e< Hing or
'j loft.—I’hila h itibia Iin-jul :•••?.
Oot Veteran Without » lYijftiou.
; 1 pat on u hill with a sergeant who
.! knew history ead I; r-es. lie t o.em*
J bered J*uu*y, which had served 10 years
! in the troop Hud n first rate old her so
, tie ’ u u t-:t in . r w. a m»
»'«nl came browsing r.rmiad one hr,y and
,
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that, in laBttl.ngt r a time, when
cue day Ur \mn tt< ; up .i«
lonely vdky, and, I 1, there i,.od
Pun a* i is s a i.ij, t, I ty it
n et t tb 1*001' Wiill
I Joyfvtt: « ; be i "'S,!; re s i the
I
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1 | if it AO »U I, .1
h «ma wottud the hill, a murbf**
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j J. PHIL JAEGER |
MAE RECEIVED ANOTHER LARGE INVOICE OF
lUJO VV L j
AND YOi SHOULD NOT FAIL TO CALL AND SEE THEM.
1 HAVE THE LARGEST AND FINEST ASSORTMENT OF
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DROUGHT TO THE MIDDLE LOUR VALLEY.
• Ofr trade is steadily increa-bug and it is flattering evidence to us that our
new plan of hammering down the prices is appreciated by the public, and by
a Iding^laros ly to our stock, many articles heretofore sold in other stores for high
prices, .iiid selling t Ii- tn on a very elose margin, we are gradually building up a bus
iness that is l.igidv satis lac; orv. We have a mammoth stock of Drv Goods,
• ‘ '•>. • ’ s. ! I its. ( a and Noli' ; all new ■pring goods, blit we do not be
lieve in •- in; i i:' • a: ou large profit to make up fora sacrifice in some other de
part meat, because wo find that we can do more business on close margin than on
1 o ' prodd • 1 a large volume < f business w ill give us good interest on our
i <\e. : u.eiif. Don't, go bv our .store if von want a bargain in Trunk or Valice
or in met an\tain:;' !o pu: in if. We fire here to do business and have employed
; id <■:’Jow prieos in e\< r\ department to assist us. Come in and see our
•• d ii: 1 learn ■>:::■ pn. • when you visit the county seat. Remember the place,
r... *i c de Public Square, Loup City, Neb.
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it.:: i>ji.r
To Denver, Halt. Lake City, &an Fran
**i*»*o and Portland, is via the lulon
Pacific. The service of the l uion Pa
cific to nil principle western point# j*
unexcelled by any other line and con*
slats of Pullman Palace Sleepers. Pull
man Tourist Sleepers, Chair « hVs, Din
ing, /Meals a )a cart.)
For time tables and fid! information
<vd! ou — vV. D. Clifton, Agent.
NOTH 1; 1 Oft PUBLICATION.
1. \ ■ 1 OllW- a Line dn.
April •.*!», \
Notice id hereby given that the following
named settler filed notice of bfa intention
to make final proof in support of Ins claim.
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the County Judge of Sherman county,
at Loup CHy, N«d>i\, ou Monday, June
iflius, viz: Kardzmnicrz Sowakinos, II, K.
No 1 , for the north w* #t <toarter of
section township lib range l, wefct.
IP*, list: <* • the follow in..r witnesses to prove
hie eon:intioua residence upon, and euiii
vat toil of, said land, viz: Mike PctryUs,
John hpotanskt, Adam Predrlck, Michael
BewoUciski, all of Ashton, Neb:
Any pereon who desire?-, to protect against
the allowance of uch proof, or who knows
of any substantial reason, under the law
and the regulations of the Interior De
|u: fou nt, why such proof should not bo
allowed, will be given an opportunity at
the above time and place to cross-t samine
the witnesses of said claimant, and to
; offer evidence 1n rebuttal of that *ubmtt
tod by elaUuant.
i. w. Johnson, Register.
'i lion-an(Is oi sufferers from grippe
li!',c b<cn rc-t<>: '! to health b> Oi.i
| Minute Cough Cure. It quickly cure.
cough®, cold?, bronchitis, pneumonia
grippe, asthma, and all throat anti 111ric
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NOTICE* FOtt l»CHI. 1 CATION.
I/tnU Office Rt Lincoln. Neb. *
A pi il -iMt. l«i*H )
Not «• t* hereby ;'ivm that tlin fol
low tug-nnnuul settler has A ted noth**
of hi. iiitenlion t«» make final prool
j in-ti}«p»Fi of lib f'h'.lw, n*l ib»* ’•Hi*1
! j»rt»<*i will bo umcio befoie ih« count)
‘ Judge i»f Sherman county* Nclmnk*
! ino city, on "*umlrty. June l
lv », vl*J J in W. (’,.rpf*ntci' H L. N * idW
to: tlii until Wt *t 1.nib. sodltm ! *
T«»Wt»*h:p M. 11, west. He wutio*tin
t foHowin# wUni ,«m /> to prove h»* cmUn
} uod* toe&le-uftc upon uq. (‘nUiimitouuj sac
! l/*.i*t, vt/ John V4r Icr^rlfiC Mbw * o.di
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