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VOLUME XXV.
RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, JULY 23, 1897.
NUMBER 2
Teachers' Institute.
To those who hare attended the In
titute during the past four weeks
there is but one word which adequately
expresses the whole thing and that
word Is success. Much discomfort
has been felt on accotintof theextrcnio
beat but, nevertheless, the teachers
feel that they have been wonderfully
benefitted, nnd that our superintendent
is as one young lady puts it "in ex
act accordance with the eternal fitness
of things even to tho jerk of his vest."
Tho thoughtful student of pedagogics
has long ago learned that success
ful instruction is closely connected
with a knowledge of physiology based
upon actual experience. And hero it
is that the country teacher gels infor
mation obtainable from no other
source. This year's instruction has
been exceptionally good along that
line and vu believe that no stronger
man than l)i. llowlus has ever tilled
the pedagogical chair within the mem
ory of tho oldest inhabitant.
One highly entertaining feature
about the work has been the singing.
Regular instruction lins been given in
this line and wo doubt not that if one
goos over the country this fall and
visits the various school bouses he will
hear the children occasionally burst
out in song and then quietly resume
their work. .The day is coming when
the teachers will be required to teach
music as well asjarithmetie and gram
mar aad we hope that day is not far
distant.
The enrollment is the largest in
years, 118. One very praiseworthy
act apes the part of the superintend
ent ie hie compelling all the teacher
to attend, and to tho"wh6 did aot At
tend he has has gives the exalted priv
ilege of year's rest from the stifling
air of the school room.
Rev. Oullis ai'oke to the teachers at
tho high school yesterday morning
about It'gltir ate sclfnppreciatlon. He
severr'v hnntlleit the imitator aud
would uotraelzo him from the teachers
profession. His talk was full of kindly
encouragement and the teachers voted
him ui' excellent gentleman and a
most en'ertaining aud instructive
speaker.
In the afternoon of yesterday Mrs.
Tucker gave her lecture on "Glimpse
of American Litorntuio" to an uncom
fortably full hoitbu anil was listened to
with rapt attention. Her talk was all
the more spicy and interesting because
of her personal acquaintance with
many of the writers
Case, Mrs. E. F. Tucker, Mr. L. P. Al
bright Hud Mr. A. E. Pope, onr appre
ciation of tho efficiency of their work.
Resolved, That we extend our thanks
to the organists anu others 01 tno insti
tute, and also to the malo quartet con
sisting of Messrs. L. P. and Stewart
Albright. O. L. Cotting and V. B. Ful
ton, for furnishing us with musio.
Resolved, That wo tender our hearty
thanks to tho ministers of tho gospel
for their assistance in our devotional
exercises, nnd also to the trustees ot
tho different churches for tho use of
their buildings for lectin o purposes.
Resolved, Thnt our thanks bo ex
tended to the Red Cloud school board
for the use of the high school building,
and tho board of district No. 58 for tho
use of apparatus, and also to Mr.
Scammon for his faithful care ot tho
building.
Wiikkkas, Our stay in Red Cloud
has been pieasint aud agreeable, aud
be It further resolved, that wo tender
our best regards to Its citizens for their
many tokens ot esteem ami respect, and
as this Institute bus been both pleasant
and prolllable to us, inspiring us to
nobler thoughts and higher ideas, be
it
Resolved, That wo, realizing the
gieal work that is befuro us nud the
dependence of civilization upon educa
tion, go forth armed with the resolu
tion to become belter teachers than wo
have in the past.
TMaurl H. Dat.
SDkLLA A. STRATTON.
OitriiA Pettit.
I S. W. Hall.
I Wm. Hekflebowfr.
Com.
We, your committee on reading cir
cle and association work do recora
mend the following resolutions:
That the teachers of Webster county
be organized into an association by
electing one president who shall ap
point lour vice-presiaents.
S That the county be divided into four
strict, ot four townships each, aid
.that caou, rlee president shall have
charge of oae of these' districts., v
That the teachers In each district
shall constitute a reading circle which
shall adopt the required work and hold
meetings monthly or bi-monthly as the
vice-president may direct.
Thnt every teacher in tho county is
unconditionally a member of one of
the reading circles and the association.
That Mr. Geo. Overing, Mr. Wm.
Heffelbower. Mrs. W. C. Ilurd bo n
standing committee to procure sources
for the use of the rending circles in the
study of the sourco method in U. S.
history.
We recommend that I). M. Hunter
be chosen president
Com.
J. K.So
Miss M,
Louak.
Scott.
amik Heal.
Miss Cakuik Hummel.
.Miss Lauka Laiiid.
At the Opera House.
Miss Orris Ober and her eastern
company, who have been holding forth
Till' Wlo by Mis? LilliftU Smith W!s a, lit the opera house the past week have
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furnish it at that price or not at all
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Speaker Reed if getting much credit
for the victory won by the house con
ference on the tariff bill, in compelling
the senate conferees to abandon the
senate sugar schedule and accopt what
is practically that of the Dingloy bill.
There is no question that some of the
credit for this result belongs to Mr.
Reed nnd his colleagues of the house,
who declared early and often thnt the
senate sugar schedule was entirely too
favorable to the trust, and would not
be accepted by the house, even if the
tariff bill failed or congress was com
pelled lo remain in session all summer.
Their action was a factor an impor
tant one but a greater factor was
working against the senate sugar
schedule. Piiplin opinion, regardless
of polities, w.ts against it from the day
its contents were known, and that was
what really made the senate conferees
surrender. Many senators caught the
drift of popular sentiment aud added
their Influence and advice In favor ot
abandoning tho unpopular schedule.
Although a few disatislicd senators
have said that they intended to delay
uctiou by the senate on the tariff con
ference report, it is not thought thnt
they will seriously nttempt to do so,
and tho agreement to the report aud
tho adjournment of congress is looked
for this week. It has been difficult,
during the past week, to keep a quorum
of the senate on hand, and it is grow
ing more so every day. The Hawaiian
annexation treaty has been favorably
reported, but it is aot expected that
any attempt will be made at the prea
eat session, to get a vote upon it.
Xverybody is tired of congress being in
teeHon? bat the'aeaaeWs d represent
tatlves are the most tired of all, and
they are going home very soon.
The rofere nco to the fines imposed
upon tho Carnegie Steel Company, for
furnishing the government armor
plates not up to the required standard,
made in tho senate debate on the
amendment to the deticioucy bill limit
ing tho prico to bo paid for armor
plates, to $300 a tou, brought out a
statement from ox-Secretary Herbert
that surprised a great many people
It had been supposed that these lines
wero all remitted by President Cleve
land, but Mr. Herbert says that they
wero paid, or at least thnt $141,000 was
paid by the Carnegie company, which
was the amount to which the original
lines of $220,000 was reduced by Mr.
Cleveland. As the liouso has agreed lo
tho amendment limiting tho cost of
nrmor to WOO n ton, it looks as though
that "further reading of the Journal be
dispensed with," supposing the clerk
to be still reading the Journal of the
proceeding day.
That the combined navies of Japan
and Spain could do much damage for
a time, should the combination of thoso
two countries against tho United
States turn out to bo' any thing moro
substantial than an English dream, is
admitted by everybody, but on tho
other hand, everyone who knows tho
resources of this country knows thnt
the end would be jtiRttliesanie whether
wo fought tho two countries combined
or fought one of them victory for
Undo Sam.
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3 SOME RANBLING THOUGHTS.
J
John Grllllii, of Zanesville, O., says:
"I never lived a day for thirty years
without sulTering agony, until a box of
Do Witt's Witch Hazel Salve cured my
piles." For piles and rectal troubles
cuts, bruises, sprains, eczema aud nil
skin troubles l)e Win's Witch Hazel
Salve is unequalled. C. L. Cotting.
II l I III!
Commissioners Proceedings.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
July 15, 1807, all members being pres
ent, whereupon tho board adjourned
to meet at 1 o'clock in order to locate
the site of tho poor house.
At one o'clock the board met pur
suant to adjournment nnd proceeded
to check up with the county theasuror.
Board adjourned to meet Friday
morning.
vocal execution. It was quite a treat.
Dr. Bowl us gavo his last lecture in
tho Methodist church last night nod
notwithstanding tho expanded con
dition of tho molocules of uir nnd tho
counter attraction of n show, a full
house of ears listened to his discourse
on "Tho Philosophy of tho Incan.
descent Light and the X-Rays." His
explanation of those two kinds of elec
trical phenomena was extremely clear
and simple. Even those who nover
bad been stadonts of natural philos
ophy understood every point ho made.
Ho spoke one hour and fifteen minutes
and yet tho audience would have been
pleased to have him continue. Wo
would be pleased to give a fuller de-
scrlDtlon but space forbids. To sum it
un we would not dosiro a better speak
r m listen to. Dr. llowlus fills the
bill. Nobody knows his political atti
tudeexcept ye reportor.
Altogether the institute has been
progressive from its commencement to
its close, The teachers are of a higher
standard than ever before and nro fit
ting themselves for professional work
and It is an outrageous insult to the
teacher fitted with special preparation
to offer him such small wages as our
boards of education at present Insist
upon bis accepting.
BESOLDTIONS.
Wbkbjus. The sixteenth annual
Teachers' Institute of Webster oouuty
has drawn to a close, and as an ex
preesioa of our gratitude, be it
Resolved, That wo extend our sin
.. k.wa tn nnr Aniitttv suuerlnten-
dent, Mr. Hunter, for the very otont
way in which be haa conducted the
InalltntA
Resolved, That we Mr uS. a t Miaeouri.
atruotora, Dr. J. W. Bowlna, Mrs, O. O, '
people, and well do they tiesoi'Vo it.
N bile the company is not very oxteu-
jjlve, carrying but ten people, tho stago
wont far excels many of tho larger
troupes which have visited cur city nnd
charged more than double tho prico of
admission of Miss Uber's company.
Each and every member of tho com
pany is a first class net or nnd enters
into his or her character with an idea
of trying to please tho audience, nnd
nut to see how soon it can be gotten
through with. Tho time between acts
which is usually tiresome, is filled in
by this company with catchy special
ties; and magniniscope pictures, The
maguiniscopo pictures aro something
new to the people of this vielnitv and
are proving a source of much amuse
ment to the large audiences. Should
tho company at somo future tlmo
again decide to favor Red Clond with
their repertoire no doubt they will be
better received than during their pres
ent engagement. Ou Saturday after
noon the company will glvo u mutince
for the children and others who en u not
attend in the evening to which the ad
mission will be ten cents to nil.
n
You may bunt the world over and
vou will uot find auother medlclno
equal to Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel com
plaints. It is pleasant, safe and re
liable. For Bale by H. E. Grice, Drug-
TorSale.
Oae hundred and sixty sores of un
improved land, four miles northwest
of Red Cload,Nebr. Terms cash. Ap
ply to, Mas. Jamks Kikkvtood, tulr-
Tho Inst river and harbor bill hud u
provision directing tho secretary of
war to havo a preliminary examination
made as to tho possibility nnd cost of a
ship canal from tho great lakes to the
ocean. Muj. T. W. Symons, who whs
ordered to make tho nxnminntion, has
reported against tho undertaking be
cause of its great cost. Tho report
says that the best route for such a
canal would bo by way of Niagara
rivor, Lake Ontario, Oswego, Oneida
lako nnd Mohawk and Hudson rivers.
Mnj. Symons expresses tho opinion
that tho Erie canul, when enlarged its
contemplated, would, if New York
would rcmovo restrictions as to its use,
give commercial advantages practi
cally equal to the ship canal thnt
would cost about 1200,000,000.
It is difficult for an outsider to keep
track of the routine business In either
branch of congress. Tho senators and
representatives usually manage to do
so, but not always. His colleagues are
having a laugh at the expense of Sena
tor Carter, of Montana, beoauso of a
little slip he made. Every day, just
after the chaplain finished hisfpraysr
the other day there was no prayer be
cause the minister who is acting-chap
lain or tne senate, forgot to turn up a
cltrk reads the Jouraal of the day be
fore. This is usually doBe in a sing
song monotous tone, and before it is
half finished, some senator mores that
it further reading be dispensed with,
and it is a very rare occasion when
anybody objects. The other d ay after
this motion bad been made aad agreed
toaad a conference report was boiug
read, Senator Carter got up aad moved
Friday morning, Jnly 18, 1897, board
met and still continued settling with
th county treasurer.
Board adjourned to meet Saturday
moralng, July 17, 1M7, at 9 p. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
July 17, 1897, all members being pres
ent, when the following business was
done:
A contract was entered into with
Palmer A Brown for tho building of
tho poor houso undor contract awarded
to them on tho 18th of July, 1807.
T. L. Jones tendered bis resignation
as justice of tho peace in Walnut creek
precinct and the resignation wns accepted.
Claim of W. W. Fisk for $500 dam-
nges claimed for a strip of land (10 feet
wide r.nd one mile long oil' the east
side of section !)!), town 0, langu IS, in
Calhcrlon precinct was rejected.
J. M. Guthrie appeared ami mado
aflldavit that the books ami papers of
the justice of the pence In Line town
ship wero destroyed by lire on the 19th
day of April, 1807. It was moved that
tho mailer bo noted 'on the record,
Hoard adjourned to meet Tuesday,
Jul' 20th, 1807,
J. BY "MKMO."
Is thoro not in your neighborhood a
person whoso past has a blot on It, and
whoso namo Is mentioned with a look
of holy horror by cronies when togot
hot for a chat! It is of snob persons I
would write this week, and tuny my
pen be dipped in power for the task.
V
If a man commit a crime, be given a
fair trial, he found quilty, and bo con
demned, what becomes of him? He
goes to prison aud works out his sen
tence. And then? Then he is guiltless
in the ec of the law, and dels as
though he had done no wrong thing.
His retention in prison has expiated
his crime; lie is a puro member of
society. Ilia whaisuys society through
you! Tho answer b decdsisthls: "The
stain of that wroug shall stay on him
forever; lie shall bo hampered In every
way, he shall bo prevented from get
ting an honorable position by meddle
some tongues reviving the story of tho
past; he shall bo hounded by the voices
of those who say, 'I am holier than
thou'; he shall be made to feel that the
world is loo small for him to hide him
self, and tho grave to shallow to
purify him; for the stigmata of crime
sball fasten even on bis children after
him."
inexperienced, are visited thesiasef
omission committed by these who
raised no warning voice to tell of the
pitfalls of life.
V
If the All-Father takes note of the
fall of a sparrow, and tenderly bears
with our misdeeds, giving solace to the
wounded spirit when even those who
should cherish It turn from it, how
grimly must He smllo when He sees
little mites of humanity, nnd frail as
small, usurping tho power of God and
dethroning Him to sit themsolves in
harh, unforgiving, unrelenting judg
ment on their fellows, whoso conditions
of stress and temptation none but the
all vie can know. Anil those of us
whose hearts have sorrowed and
sulTcrcd, whose feelings havo urowu
tender under ailllctlou, whose feet lin
ger nearer and nearer tho source of all
gentleness and kindness, meekness and
peace, have the growing sense thnt
much of the evil in the world is foster
ed aud strengthened by those who
falsely conclude themselves to hogood,
barring ns they do by their snero-sanot
manners the way of hope nnd lifo and
labor aud happiness to tho sinner, who
sorrows and would do better. The
wandering ono grows hardened at ex
posure, callous to the gain of the race
once honored, fierce in enmity to
society; and soon from bad to worse
until the end confirms the evil theories
of the professedly good.
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It u man commit a sin and no one
known it, he is ai pure aa the unsullied
aaow in the eyes of the wnrMi but If H
he known; though he weep ever It aa
tU iUvreetee n-'.seaehaa'' away
t tiiepd of grief , though he agoalae
with regrets, though he spend bis last
effort lo right a wrong, yet, in every
neighborhood aro those whose memo
ries are long as death or whose hearts
are hard as adamant, whose cool, cal
culating ways save them from sin or
whoso clever concealments savo them
from discovery the Pharisees, I say,
will summon tho gliosis of a man's
past from the grave, though it all bo
burled deep beneath accumulated years
of remorse and unhnppiness. Like
mythical ghouls and real hyenas, these
lovers ot carrion will dig till they Hud
the treasure they seek, tho sin spot;
aud they rejoice with bowlings that all
the world can hear.
TkMtbupllftrt.
VNtlyglfM
With the sews? Btepkscr,
HtuchttVaUMh
Hoard met Tuesday, July 20th, pur
suant to adjournment, all mem hers be
ing present.
A bridge being out on the state Hue
between Webster county nnd Kansas
in Walnut creek precinut, tho board
proceeded out to view aud investigate
said bridge and meet tho county board
from Kansas in regard to tho building
of said bridge.
Tho board adjourned la meet Wed
nesday morning at 0 a, m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
Wednesday morning, all members
present.
Tho board proceeded to rndlstriet
tho county iuto live commissioner dis
tricts towit: District No. 1, composed
of Oak Creek, Stillwater, Elm Creek
and Pleasant Hill. District No. 2 com
posed of Potsdam, Glenwood nnd Uatln
precincts. District No, 8 composed of
Harmony, Catberton, luavale, Walnut
Creok and Line precincts. District
No. 4 composed of Red Cloud precinct
and Red Cloud City. District No.fi
composed of BeaverCrcnk, Guide Rook
and Garfield preoincts.
After checking up vouchers, etc., of
the county treasurer tbpy- find that
the county treasurer's statement as
made is a true and correct statement
of the condition of the county us the
verily believe.
Buralag.ltchlBg skin disease instant
ly relieved by DeWitt's Witob Haael
Salve, uneqalled for outs, bruises,
burns. It heals without leaving a scar.
1 1. "Istfrttnar
VI w."t
If a life of probity be lived for 25
years or mure, aud the deeds of good
bo plentiful us grain in harvest-time; if
the citadel of eharacKT beheld by keen
conflict with evil, until fiomo weary
mnmeut of sloth, nnd evil then rush In
through somo unguarded spot, though
only for a few moments, the world
tin migh the deeds of the world, says
that the years of probity count for
naught. Thereafter tho spot shall be
largor than tho character it is on, the
fragments bo largor than the whole,
tho five minutes of ovil blot out tho
whole memory of n quarter of ncentiiry
of good. An earthquake rend iu a mo
ment tho works put up by a patient
process of accretion, and there is noth
ing then but dust, and disaster where
beauty Rtood before, and so is it with
the dazed raau who is tho sufferer from
the moral upheaval of bitterness nnd
tincharity in n community. Ono mo
ment bo tightly stands before them all,
worthy of couUdeuco and recognized
as n power for good, the next moment
his character lies bruised and mangled,
never to bo well again so fur as the
Lovltes and Pharisees care, never to
live and move and have full being
again unless some barred out Samari
tan with goodness, far excelling that of
Ta dlvtaeH OharMy,
Mrivf ag to tire rlflitoMuJy
asasMMTsr n
UcithsTer,",vH,M),v. -n,)llhV.
If untouched by Cfcsrltr. l
Devt-sred maiden (
Pity laden.
Greatest of ih' abiding tbrae. v
AllforKlvliif. ,'
Ererllvllig "
Holy, blcMutl Charity.
May all nallout
l'our oblmlotii
Tothy Hwcct Olvlnlly.
llallliiR other
rlemlM ami brother,
In tliu iinmo of Charity I
It heals everything except n broken
heart, may bo said of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, Piles and rectal diseases,
cuts burns, bruises, tetter, eczema and
all skin troubles may bo cuied by it
quickly and permanently. C L. Cot-ting.
sOf
Mr. 0. L, llnsbrotick, a druggist at
Mention, Mich., sajs all of I lie good
testimonials that havo been published
by tho manufacturers of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera nnd Diarrhoea Remedy
could be duplicated In that town tor
sale by II. E. Grice, Druggist.
"They don't mako much fuss about.'
We aro speaking of DeWitt's Little
Early Risers, the famous little pills for
onnntlnntion. biliousness, and all
stomach and liver troubles. Tbfly,",
nover gripe. C. L. Cottiug.
these nloof ones, comes to the rescue
with sympathy and love.
V
If n girl kept intentionally ignorant
of herself, by those who train her, and
who know not tho difference between
ignorauce and parity, makes a faux
pas under the stress of feelings that
she does not understand and the
ploadings of the nan who ought to be
worthy of trust, then her ewn kith aad
kin too often turn on her like ravening
beasts, driving her out into the world
to further wrong-doing and eertain
destruction. Upon her bead, fair and
RHEUMATISM
Is caused by Urio Acid and other laa
purltlea lingering in the blood, vrhle
have not been filtered ontbv tho Kid
neye through the urine. The seat of
the troublous not in the akin or-bum
cles. It'a sick Kidneys. Electricity,
liniments or plasters will not reach tb
case. But the disease can be
CURED
1 have been so greatly benefitted
within a short time by the use of
Hobbs Bparagus Kidney Pills, that J
feel confident that their continued use
will permanently curemeof seriouefcid
neydUrasos. P. A. Shubtz, Norfolk, Neb
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