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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1897)
l f v ow f n ' apKwuaMiHi lRtoitfciBBF5 i r- ft m I i I f Ar f - jnrtA-v-f- 2, ,. ft.r, jrr., .. ,-. . -o u1 ,, tiaun vr " ' - r- - - n . . .A - .-.,.,, ib..." - ' '"- r 1 1 pi ' ( - " " "" i --fc. ' ' ' ' - ii -.- , VOLUME XXV. :&.'YW&C:v&.0v,s We are full !! RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. JUNE 4, 1807. NUMBER 22 'A ':. -":- 'i'ii COMfflENCEfflEflT. Sj7: Graduation Exercises as Conducted ? i ftf: 8 ii S3 ft? i-.V i Of bargains in Men's and Boys Clothing, Hats, Furnishings and Rubber goods. Bargains are what you want, and Bar gains are what we've got 'real, live, all wool Bargains. m 'ii at the Opera House Last Evening. THIRTEEN PUPILS GRADUATE. The Largest Graduating Class In the History of Our tilth School. "The Orations as Rendered by Them. I ii'.'- v.-,-si'-". i-.-.i 1 as It wont require n X-ray to see themthey are visible to the naked eye. All we ask is An opportunity to show them, ES m Aforro."ffe CONQUERS HIMSELF." WHO CONQUERS in 3M Remember we buy for cash and sell cash at one price and no monkey business. for fct: Galusha Wescott, Q&H Clnud. JMbK g, -x m WlffiBMiBS 1 OTsS. a. : jwrva1. g During the Month ft of June, i . I will sell everything at jig Reduced Prices. J'trS Many urttolii.o sit co-.t ami ooinn liolow cost. Coino in it ml soe (? tli:it I nu'iin what I sy i -- 1'CMiio, vorriu yKsw tsifsyrtxi ? .J Ms :xr. y",.w:iwww!W4rorijx.iTr.t.v7ii'vTi4TO..T.uTvi.-w.Ti...,v.i-,.i t. SiC i$g kfe W." . Tb Kalby Shoe Co. m &r, Successors to A. II. KALEY. See Our Ox Blood and Chololate Oxfords and Shoes. We have a Bargain in Black or Tan Oxfords at $i.oo. r. Butter and Eggs taken in exchange for Shoes. mi m m fX &S3! All kinds of repairing neatly done. Cincinnati Cash Shoe Store. f ?ti5m:&ftm ''ftftiMffiWfim rjrLWivhvLr.:.v' visJLiVLiViiviiy.nviiVAMAH if La.i riHMffliiK ij-- H?? fVykykyfvsjl s;'ra?;WKiwresiss Wll-- ANDY CATHARTIC Bl-. , ...... .imrir t n ?i 1 1. 1 i-niMtnv ... ... .... -,.....r nntiln'vl Inn. Cutriirrts .ire tlir Iilral Luia AIFVIII ll'I'II.Y l.liaf'ni I HV 11 " t J lluiwuiHUUi uuniu. miuut,,. Hu Conquers Who Conquers Him self." This wns the motto (f thirteen more Ki'nihiutcs from the Ucri Cloud High School lust night. Like preceding classic many of the graduates have grown up in t ho com munity, and the interest was us deep and intense as ever. A very largo crowd was present and tho small fee charged for admittance will net a handsome sum for the school library. The class of "07 lias left its own rich ness' of tradition for the school, tra dition geuerates loyalty anil loyalty cm idles the school. Tho good work of the class just passing out will be a memory for them and a tradition for succeeding 'Classes that will weave another woof for tho Red Cloud High school and, its patrons. The subdequLnt avocations of our graduates we cannot foretell, but in business or profession, the best wishes of TheCjub will folfow each of them, and the community expects to prolit b.v their education. Prof. Wilson and his corps of teach ers deserve Louoruble mention for so successfully conducting the efforts of these students to a successful event, whllo both flUtdcnts and Uachors are to he congratulated upon the very ap propriate arrangement and execution of the program for commencement. . Dussie Marie Carpenter delivered the salutatory in very excellent shape and with good tame. Her oration upon the question of our present standing was a a very lair presentation of ideas held by many luumriers of our community. Ociiis ScliarTuit guru earnest words to a subject which Ucsurves the attention of students and scholars, "The Neces sity oi Relaxation." Carefully lieetltd his advice will be of beuetit to very mauy people aside from his class and tho school, Lucy .(jurber's "Whore Wo Are Today," was a good illustration of the fact that education does develop power of thought, and' auks isuroers uunvery was creditable to herself and her instructors alike. That MOue Today Is Worth Two To morrows," has been known for somo time, hut it is a lesson tliatcanuot be impressed too frequently and Miss Martha Abel very appropriately pre sented n notably good view of the old idea. Adaptation jjot less than direct thought is of use in tho affairs of life. It i always appropriate that cit izens appreciate ana understand their duty to to their country, ami Kobert Mitchell comprehended and presented that subject competently and well. Wo were at a loss to know just what .Mm xuisor wouui soy aoout ' f opular Clamor," but weio not kept long in sus- lieiiso wueu .Mill ueguu. jus concep tions were dear and ivull put and wor thy of an older brum. "The Dnwu of the Twentieth Century" Is hound to bo. ti period of surprising developments. its necessities and possibilities were very neatly construed and explained by Miss May Su'iboui. Miss Jessio kellogg was in every way capable of explaining the "Powers of Musio" and didfiudit to her abilities by bur ad dress on that topic. Miss Ada Skjciyor was vulcdiutorlun and accom plished a very dillleult task in a very creditable way. Communication, and its effect upon civilization, is n rather comprchouMV-c topic to be treated In it (ii minute address, but MIhi Kkjclvcr juanuc.cd to treat it comprehensively and at the stinin time concisely. The mush1 during the program wns a cicillt to tho mtiKJcnl society of the city a, well m tn iho musicians and ilio school. The juniors tiloed the mocrani with hen ia.t song and the thirteen hud tlnMied a nop mid uiM'kcd an epoch in iliuii lives. May success and pro, pcrlly ntti'nd them. Following will he found tho oral ions looking forward to this event, planning concerning it, dreaming about it, but we now Boo tli.it everything is brighter in anticipation than in reality. Our first Impulse leads us to seek some means of escape. Wo are all young and unaccustomed to appear so prom inently before the public, and as we must leave some kind of an Impression we hope you will bo I'jnient in forming your opinion of us. Wo present to you tonight the largest class which has ever graduated from the Hod Cloud schools, and if you will kindly give us your attention we will put forth our best efforts to please you. In tho name of tho eltiRs of '07, 1 again bid you wel come. "Welcome, one mill nil, Welcome, thrice wolcoine." as delivered, J V 1.1 ! IxwUct tttt . 1 A. KIT r.M(l UK3IKUV arlt nr vTif.e.l.ut mum i f natural r ulll. Bam.j (., Clilravo. Jlnntrnl. fii.. orwtnrl.. tljj Salutatory, IIV IIKKSIK CAIII'K.NI'Klt. Kind friends wiio Iuivd assumhlOrio nlgltl !i hear our est iris. , bv yon welcome For y-M f have been "The Necctilty ol Relaxation." 1IT DHN18 SOHAVKNIT. Man is ft wonderful being. He sets his goal on the stars. Kire is kindled with nil and the smoke begins to raise and the steam is raised and it hisses at, tho ground, the bell rings nnd the sta tion in mind the drive wheels begin to whirl, the road divides, one is n desert path, tho shorter.tho other Is a journey fertile nud pleasant, but longer. Without hesitation tho shorter line is taken, but In the middle of that plane the fuel goes out. There is.no royal road to knowledge mid to a fortune seldom, but the time will never come wueu man shall ceai rpining,.T,he muslciau soes n Mozart Mniidlng on the highest rumllc of his profession and with remembrance of nil the achievements of that great mu sician, the piece is practiced, but alas there mny be a desire to be a Mozart loo soon. Ami so the business man may want to increase ills capita! too soon and the scales may loosen their just balaKcc r the cloth its value and thn mind may need relaxation. Climb steep hills by degrees, make haste slowly. The forces of nature require relax ation from tho toil of producing the evnrigatcd vegitntion that clothes nnd beautifies tho mountains, hills and plains. After tho labor of summer comes the rest of winter, so that the exhausted filters of nature will have a cliance to recuperate themselves in order to uguiu put forth her great effort for beautifying the world; thus she goes on generation after generation alternately working and resting, quiet ly taking her regular rest when needed then willingly and chearfully working. Tito green herbage appears so slowly yet continuous; the birds chant their lovely songs; tho cattle and the shep fieem to ueak joyfully nnd the streams ripple gently on. Some times there comes a storm and it snonis as though all was ruined, but the storm subsides and it is pleasant onco again and all is quiet and calm, And theu the ntitmun comes and the winter in which nature finds her re3t nnd the winds rustle the doad leaves and tho snow falls, O, so merrily. Let man take a lesson from nature, tho common mother of us all. The Jews, Israelites by their ancient namo, lud out of Kgypt through tho Red Sen, received the divine law for a moro complete living through, Moses, amid the storm audlightiiiiigouMntint Sinai. They gathered tiiauiia on the sixth day enough and to spare for the Sabbath, O, why was tills. Could they have discovered tho laws? With out them would tliey stand liko the elm today, with its strong brntichcs and its duration? No! No! Hut rather liko a dwurft shrub, Three small black spots saw each Other on that saiiio hot and sandy ties ort, they drew nearer with cumels ris lug under tlieuif one of them halted and spread the table for the others coining, btraiigeis of different nation. alities heard the introductions and the tales of journeys in different tongues, A shining lone star appears next jo tho ground, beckoning lends tho wise men over hills mid plains anil halts over the inn whore lay the "Mug of tho Jews, the light f the w,or)d." Kvoti so now d I, see a lone star shining in the cast willing to cant ni)d Kings for tho bet termunt of uutiiMiitty. I.o, that grand dd jnnn o' Kmrlnnd doca stand above the ground, iii IPui'iihi'iotilinviitukuu ill llOliriKIIH'UI 1M till four corners of the earth and his strong nnd leaty branches from the four winds. His relaxation had placed him on the distant ruiidlu of civilization nnd en lightenment. O, cosmopolitan city where is thy gain? Whire is thy pleasuro? Doesl thou think this Is nil of life that thou art so intensoin amusements, that thou doest thy businosson the Sabbath day? O, brilliant metropolis I U, worker of Iniquity, leader of thy race I Where is thy doom or what is thy tonic? Doest not thy fickleness reveal Itself to you? nature is every wnuru. xneii look ami bcc the cure, relaxation, printed all around. O, capital of Intelligence! Thy toil is not in vain, the sweat of thy brow mingled with the gayety and tho strains on the harp by thy melodists and the kecpinir of the Subbalh has made thee great. How many are thy noble dead? llow persevoraiit nro thv lieo pie? How great thy philosophers! Tho Germans arc a noble people. Wore the fathers of our fathers any the less noble? Nol They were valiant in battle! They were honorable in peace! And tiieir sons, our pilgrim fathers, art thou ashamed of us? O, then tell us why? LiBtoul they speak: "You have made the dollar the standard of worth. Your schMig M so classical as to forget tho needs of men. You have been so en wrapped in business as to forget your own nnd your country's needs " Lot Pray! lorgivo us for wo knew not what wo had done. When thu proofs in favor of relax ation nro so many and so strong, thn words to hasten ought to bring nn nniuzcmeiit with a hush of silence. How nature takes her rotrulnr rest. hOK.el.eerf UUho work, she Unever IF'Vtl J""!""" weary. Patience is a wonderful thing. 1 nath the Boorohingsun. lucre is now an excellent opportunity lor some inr siguieu genius to promico an Innocent amusement for the masses to which they will be compelled (not by any lay made by congress, but by its ouii drawing merits) to forget their business and scok a brief repose. And then with more timngiven to re laxation and to intelligent care of our bodies a race would speedily be pro duced, perfect In form, features, mind aud soul, and man would become to re semble the artist's dream of the old Greek demigod, the world viewed thro' eyes which would take time to look upon it, would not be the desert it now Appears, but a fair garden, sot with nature's vernal beauties. "Destruction ot Ideals." IIY.NUHIKMaK rife. Kvery ago has Hh intellectual giant. Ouo who with coiiHcioiiH foro-thotight bus penetrated the iivciiuoh of tho fu ture and disclosed the history of fu ture ages. ith hlsdlsconiing insight into tho hearts of men, ho has com prehended the futuro glorlos of his own peoplo and formed in his mind an elaborate ideal of their porpotuatlou. Rovoullug tho productH of his reflection to tho rniiHHCH ho has tired them with tho profoundost aspirations to achieve futuro glory. Hut. tho nhullow mind unable to withstand the weight of such intellectual greatness totters from its own outkuxiuHm and fallH into dire destruction. With what feelings think yu ho thou vIowh this great calamity? Who of UH has not had our ideal, and who, too, ban not had that ideal des troyed? An Ideal is us essential to a person's intellectual nnd moral development iih fresh air, good food unil exorcise nro to his physical growth. Or what pupil in school tins not taken his teacher for IiIh Ideal? Ho thinks thai, hIip is perfect, comprehends nil things, and can help him out of all his dltllciiltios. And how rudely thut Ideal is overthrown, when ho finds (hat hIio falls fur below his expecta tions. And each undjeveryoiieof us bus our Ideal of whftt wo will bo In tho futiuo At the closo of each day wo look back over our work, and wo are oftentimes 'Huccoss ko fresh morrow wo will do bettor." And liowtnuuyof us, us tho old year Is slowly ami sadly de parting, and tho new year is joyfully ushered in with nil its hones, iisnlra- .......... ,..,...,...... .... ...,, ...,, sadly discouraged, but wo till courage iignin and nay, "To-mo is hotter tlinn tho actual character. Man never falls so low, that ho cnu ho nothing higher than himself. The being, not worthy of tho name man, groveling in tho lowest depths of in famy and crime, whon he stops to con sider, pictures for himself nn Ideal, as well as tho uohlost king soatod on tho most exalted throno, robed in purplo and gold and tho jewolod orowu adorn. lug his brow, wielding his golden scep ter. Certainly thoir Ideals are vastly different, yet each has Ids own aim higher than himself. Tho traveler over barren desersta, parched with heat and burning with thirst, Htuggering on treniblng limbs, giving way to discouragement and dls pulr, sinking on tho burning sand, seen before him, lifted in tho shimmering air by tho miracle of the mirage, the vision of waving palms, coollngsprlngs and winding rills. Chcorod bv the bight, ronowod courago enters his soul and hope springs up triumphant with in bis breast, with a glad ory he loapa to his feet uud goes staggering on ward. Discouragement nnd dlspalr nro forgotten. Uoforo him Is safety. With hope and courage animating his houI ho hastens toward tho vision, be lieving rescuo Is at hand. M Ho after mile Is passed, gradually tin visionary utrontn sluks away, the fountain of the spring ceases to llow, tho palms wither and disappear, and Instead of the beuutlful vision, only tho shiftily: I Baudot tho desert baklugjuid.burRlutfi. .. - lAtKintll IllH IJrtitHitlllatl l.ltx '!. t.aaaa- uiiuniu luinniiiiuiiiKouu, i nn inini tag thirst returns with ten-fold fury aud the hope that animated the trembling limbs gives way to despair. The brain reels uud the madness of death settles down like a pall upon the wanderer, la this "forming of ideals" a characteristic of our modern people, or wan it also found in former na tions? Let us return to tho year TM A. I), lleru wo find an emperor, largo, erect, keen to dotoct, apt to under stand, profound to grasp uud quick to decide. Bitch an emperor was Charles me ureal, iionoui nts mean tils high aim in life was to unite the frag ments of tho old llomaii empire. Danes, Saracens, Huxous uud (Jauls alike felt, the power of Ills iuiiik. Ho defeated tho Lombards In Italy, uud nfter thirty thirty-throo years of terrible and bloody war, Ills scepter was acknowledged from the Channel to tho lower Danube uud from tho Adriatic sen to thoGormunoceuu His renown reached tho far oast. Wonderful was tho mag netism of his powerful nature, but he' failed in his one great aim. "In vain," says Durny, "did Churlemnguo kindle the tlauie; it was only u passing torch -in the midst of a profound night in vain did he strive .o connect the Dan ube aud the Rhino; tho agos of com merce and industry wero yet far dis tant. In vain did ho unite Gorman v In one vast empire; even whllo ho lived he folt It breaking in his hands, And. this vast nnd wlso orgunlsm, nil disap peared with him who culled It forth " Then lot us, for a few moments, con sider Columbus. Noto his Ideal uud his destruction; tho uimliohud uudtho plans ho made, uud thou remember tho sorrowful termination of his uoble.llfe, We uru nil acquainted with his won derful conception of tho rotundity of: , tho earth, uud hitherto unknown wusd-, em route (o tho wunltli of tho Indies' . Wns liis cherished ideal realised? Was over mortal man doomed to u more bitter dlmmmlntmcnt. smiled upon his first journey, but llcklo fortune finally deserted tho great hero uud lauded him in n Spanish dungeon. An old man, broken in bpirlt, his ambition liat- ' tcrcd,hiH ideal destroyed, uud having, ', li litu HVL'tl Iffll'lu tir nitwit 4... ,,.....!; 1. mo w.... .,,,.w.t ,w jmhuu m rmmir to tioim and fondly cherished drcuuis;, t) except an inn, and often nothing looking buck upon our yeur'H Inborn, j ,4iy fr his hiwtonunce." and seeing our iiiimiiicob una rulluros, It j j hn there wns Alexundur tho Grout makes us dowu-hourted nnd sad, but. Heboid tho glguutlo fever of an nm wo think wo will try onco more, and bltloiw mortal. Hlnulm In Ufa wn to ugnhMsepIeiurou bright mid beuutl- moid tlip dlyafto uutioribi which ho ful future Ah Thoodoro 1'arlcur say, ; h,I conquoro.), Into one vubt uirmlro, "Lvery man bus ut times in hkmlmll wltn tho mvm nfc nUbylon. And ho tho ideal of what he should bo, but iHfwMin.Tui b,Wv W i... .u0n..uX' uoi. 4 mu idem may no nigii ami com plete, or It may bo Jon iuk' la cfl -Iciit; lite, f i oin thejyet in nil men thut beck toinipruv , xt betwoon the Porsinn and tho Greek', (coStini.i;i on tiiiuii pagi: t ( ' w'H, I fii Ml i ift . l f I M ' 'u .'1 1 i" iK mi MlSMk- . .Uti.'fcMhwHWSftai '" .! y ;'"".?' ;vji j1. i n "iif J.. V lllfl IM,