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A Valentine to Cupid.
Ah, little boy Cupid, I know you well;
But you're not as the poets aay;
Tou have no arrows, that I have seen,
Though you captured my heart, one
day.
Ton wear more clothes than the pic
tured Love,
And to call you blind were a sin;
But I know you are Cupid, for no ono
else
Such a number of hearts could win.
For they all succumb to your winning
wiles,
The lassies, the maids, and the
dames;
Though instead of "Cupid," they call
you "Pet"
And "Honey," and all such names.
Co I send you a valentine, Boy, today,
To say you may keep my heart, t
For It must bo yours forever and aye,
Though I felt not the feathered dart.
IDA'S VALENTINES.
By M. Loulso Ford.
"Tomorrow's Valentine's Day, mam
ma, and oh, you ought to see the big
box teacher's got on her desk for us
to put our valentines in! Can I make
come more tonight? I know how to
make lovely ones!".nnd an eager Uttlo
face looked up into Mr3. Lane's.
Mamma stooped down and planted a
kiss on the rosy cheek, saying:
"Yes, Indeeu, dear, as many as you
please. But to whom are you going to
end them all? Isn't you list about
full? Have you remembered Kather
Ine and Annie as well as the others?"
"Yes, mamma, and I'm going to
make one for Alec Boles; ho isn't very
bright, you know, and the boys make
tun of him. I thought he'd liko one.
I don't believe he'll have any; and
Kitty Welch has to stay at homo now,
cause her brother's got the measles,
and so I thought I'd send her one,
too," replied Ida earnestly.
"I am very glad you thought or
them," said her mamma, "and hero
MAKING HEtt VALENTINES.
are some little pictures I found today;
you may uso them if you like,"
"Oo, ool aren't those Just sweet!"
exclaimed Ida In high glee.
"Yes, indeed, especially the ono that
came off the candy box," said mamma,
with a merry twinkle In her eyo.
Ida was off In n trice to mako her
valentines, nnd so busily did she work
that she had quite a handful to tako
to school next morning.
How the merry little voices did chat
PPf
ter up to tho very time the bell rang,
and Miss Walker kindly allowed tbo
wonderful box to bo opened before les
sons were begun.
Tlmo after time Ida's name wa3
called, until her desk was qulto cov
ered with big valentines and little
ones, home made and store bought,
somo rather tho worse for handling,
and somo fresh and clean In their
white envelopes.
"Seventeen!" she counted In sur
prise, when the last one was distri
buted, and the proud and happy Uttlo
maiden looked around to sco who had
fared any better.
"How many did you get?"
"And you?"
"Oh, Isn't that a lovely ono!"
"I got most as many as you," were
tho words heard on all sides, and tho
excitement had scarcely begun to sub
side when Miss Walker struck the bell
onco more, nnd every valentine was
put away till recess tlmo.
Only one Uttlo girl there was who
had not a single valentine; she was a
new scholar, a thin, sad-looking child,
with big brown eyes. Her dress was
old and faded, and 'the first day she
camo to school, one Uttlo girl had
whispered to another:
"Josle Dean's father drinks, I guess,
'cause I saw her with him last week,
and he couldn't walk straight."
That was, Indeed, tho sad secret of
Jo8le's home, and now, when all tho
others were happy with their valen
tines, she was looking out of tho win
dow, winking bard to keep back the
tears.
Not one valentine, did I say? Oh,
yes, there was one of those dreadful
ones children sometimes call "comic,"
with a coarse picture of a drunken
man, with a botllo in his hand upon It.
Somo thoughtless boy had put that In
the box for Joslo Dean, and In delight
sho had responded to her name.
But when she saw the cruel Joko her
Uttlo face grew palo and frightened,
and Bhe hid the dreadful thing In her
pocket before any one could see it.
At recess time Ida was hero and
there, showing her treasures and ad
miring others, and suddenly camo up
on Joslo Dean, who was trying very
bravely not to be disappointed, but
wiped away a tear as Ida came to tho
window where sho was standing.
In a minute Ida bad guessed the
trouble, though she knew nothing
about the secret hidden depths of tho
faded pocket. She saw that Joslo's
hands were empty.
"Oh, Joslo," she said softly, "didn't
you get any?o I'm so sorry. Hero I've
got lots of them, more than I need,
and I want you to pick out the very
prettiest one," and she drow hor away
Into the dressing room, and spread her
valentines .out.
"There, now you take Just tbo one
you want most."
Joslo's face brightened, but sho was
too shy to accept the kind offer, uutil
Ida Insisted upon it.
"Yes, you must; you see you've beon
hero such a lltllo while that the girls
don't know you much. Next year
you'll have plenty. You seo they all
know mo 'causo I'vo been here so
long," sho said comfortingly,
'There was ono representing two
Uttlo girls busily and happily at work
in tho very cct of making and writing
valentines; this ono Joala thone, and
shyly thanked Ida.
THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
"We'll say that is you and me," suld
Ida, laughing, "and next year we wlli
mako our valentines together," and
the two Uttlo girls went back to the
schoolroom, their feet dancing with
happiness, and their hearts light as
air.
It would be hard to tell which of
the two was the happier, but Ida said
to her mother that night, as sho was
tucked Into her little bed:
"Tho very best part of the day,
mamma, was when I gavo Jolso that
valentine. It made such a happy placo
In my heart that it hasn't gone away
yet."
"No, and It will not, for It is what
we do for others that makes us happy.
What Is tho verso about that, dearie,
can you tell?"
Ida looked thoughtfully a moment,
and then said, "Oh, yes, 'It is more
PICK OUT THE PRETTIEST ONE.
blessed to give than to receive,' and it
Is, sure enough, Isn't It mamma?"
Our Sunday Afternoon.
Aprouoi.
By Hulen Chaffee.
Between the sips of coffeo
I paused a bit to say,
"You've suroly not forgotten
That 'tis St. Valentine's Day7
"You used, when you were courting,
To senlimeutal grow,
And send me at this season
Some gift quite apropos.
"If blue by chanco my ball gown,
A box would come from you
Korget-me-nota containing,
Aud a Valentino In bluo.
"If sweet you said my lips wcro,
Like gold ray curling IocIib,
You sent n golden Jewel
And sweets In costly box.
"But sentiment by wedlock
Is dulled orsoon or late;
No valentine finds Cupid
For wives appropriate."
As day woro on, forgotten
These words of sad rogrot,
Tho door boll rang. I answered.
A messenger I mot.
An envelope with C'iplds
And roses all enlaced!
I opened It, nnd, trembling,
Tho paces scanned In haste.
"To silks arid lace ono hundred.
"To squash, to Ash, to ham
Payment received and so forth H
"I've dono my best. Yours Sam."
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TTT fSJ
Success of the Gomoz Negotiations
Leads to Now Hopes.
THINK IT IS A VERY GOOD IDEA,
OtU Bhotr That the Situation If Im
proving ami the rroiUlint I Urged to
liar a Comiulitlnnor Aluot the In
urgent Filipino Chief.
Washington, Feb. 0. Believing
that tho pacification of Cuba Is as
sured, as a result of tho conciliation of
(Jcnornl Gomez, administration otllelals
are urging tho President to tako action
looking to tho conciliation of Aguln
nldo and securing his eo-oporatlou In
settling tho l'hlllpplno question.
The authorities ro conlldont that
there will bo no trouble In accomplish
ing the dlsbandment of the Cuban
nrmy now that Its leader has consent
ed to nld the President In bringing
peaco to the Island. In view of this
satisfactory outcomo In Cuba It is
urged by somo that a similar experi
ment should bo tried with Aguinaldo.
Advlees from (Jcnornl Otis show that
conditions In tho archipelago nro Im
proving, Ho states that he Is con
fident that when the treaty of peace Is
ratified tho opposition to American
control will collapse.
General Otis has beforo been directed
to keep In communication with Aguin
aldo mid explain tho friendly purposes
of this government, but tho point is
made that If tho commission now on
tho way to tho Philippines, or ono of
Its members, should bo directed to
confer with Aguinaldo, as Mr. Porter
waj Instructed to do with Gome?., anil
explain tho wishes of tho President,
the backbone of tho fight against tho
sovereignty of tho United States
would bo broken nnd a different as
pect would bo placed on the situation.
If tho President choso to do so, lio
could with propriety havo a conversa
tion with Agonclllo, who reprosouts
Aguinatdo, nnd explain tho purposes
of this government. Agonclllo has
mado himself dlstastoful to this gov
ernment, however, because of his ac
tion in making public tho documents
ho submitted to tho State department
and sending cablegrams to his chief
advising him of tho developments in
tho situation.
Through his secretary, Agonclllo
has presented at the State department
another memorandum, showing that
the area of territory aud number
of people controlled by the ''Philip
pine republic" is many times greater
than that controlled by Spain when
sho was recognized as the sovereign of
the archipelago, and overwhelmingly
greater than that controlled by tho
United States, which only holds Ma
nila. Ho enclosod additional data at
tempting to show tho right of the Fil
ipinos to govern themselves and clos
ing by urging that tho United States
should recognlzo tho republic. No
notice will bo taken of the communi
cation. LABOR AND THE PHILIPPINES.
Senator Differ on the Power to Shut Out
1'ruUuct.
WAsnwoTOW, Fob. 0. Mr. Chilton
addressod tho Senato this morning up
on tho various nntl-cxpnnslon resolu
tions. Ho asserted that ho was not an
antl-oxpantlonlst or nntl-anuoxlou-ist.
Whlthln proper bounds ho re
garded it as tho duty of this coun
try to widen Its bounds, Ho thought
tho acquisition of Porto Klco aud tho
island of Guam was well thought, hut
In the acquisition of the Philippines a
grave public policy wus Involved. Mr,
Chilton bald If our operations were
confined to Porto Uico and Cuba wo
would need no increuso In the standing
army, but if tho Philippines were
taken wo should require an army of
800,000 men to subjugate tho turbulent
elements in tho islands, nnd pensions
would ba piled on pensions. Their
products could not bo shut out from
this country.
Mr. Foralter, Interrupting Mr. Chil
ton, called his attontlon to authorities
for the statement that it would bo
cotnpotont for any state of tho Union
to protect itself in any way it saw Ut,
by levying import duties on importa
tions from the Philippines.
This point was sharply controvortod
by Mr. Chtlton. Tho laboring people
of tho country, ho added, had caught
tho alarm and road a latter ho had re
ceived from the National Clgarinakors'
union urging Congress not to nnuex
tho Philippines on tho ground that it
would do moralize tho labor market of
this country.
Mr. Piatt of Connecticut said lie had
studied tho question protty carefully
and ho was satisfied that neither the
Filipinos nor their products could
come into this country unless Con
gress so provided.
Mr. Chilton replied that this was
merely tho opinion of Mr. Piatt and
was of no actual valuo or effect.
Tho friends of tho treaty will find
themselves short of tho votes neces
sary to ratify tho treaty and some of
them candidly confess that such is tho
ease. They aro, however, still hopeful
that tho shortage will ba made good
beforo Monday.
$601,8l"7 FORWEsTpOINT.
The Military Aontlemjr Want Congrett to
Furnlah Ctillnm IU1I.
Washington, Fob. 0. Tho military
academy appropriation bill was taken
up by tho IIouso to-day. It carries
8001,817, which Is considerably less
than estimates, but moro than recent
appropriation bills of this character,
Mr. Marsh of Illinois, in charge of the
bill, explained that tho litcroascd total
was due to tho neod of revonatiug tho
library and furnishing tho now Cul
Ion hall.
INSURGENTS ATTACK MANILA.
American ami till plnoa Ditto n (lenerul
ICuijuifrmoiit.
Manila, Fehy., fl, rt:15 p. m. Ameri
cans nml Filipinos huvo clashed. In
surgents attacked outposts of Manila.
Tho clash was brought about by three
Filipinos who sought to durt past the
pickets. Tlny repeated the experi
ment three times. The last time, Cor
poral Greeley of the First Nebraska
challenged them and then llred, kill
ing one nnd wounding another.
Almost Immediately afterward the
Filipinos' lino from Calvocan to Santa
Mesa, commenced a fusillade which
was ineffectual.
The Nebraska, Montana nnd North
Dakota outposts replied vigorously and
held their ground until reinforcements
arrived.
The 1'tult tight infantry finally sue
reeded In silencing a nntivu battery.
The Third artillery tilso did good work
on the extreme left.
The engagement lusted over an hour.
The losses of tho Filipinos cannot be
estimated ut present, but they are
known to be considerable.
The American losses aro estimated
at si) men killed and i:.V. wounded.
Dewey camo to the rescue with the
lire from tho gunboat Concord and
cruiser Charleston and the monitor
Monitdnoolc. When daylight came the
Americans udvanced and drove tliu
Filipinos from the villages. Tho Ne
braska regiment also distinguished it
self, capturing several prisoners and u
Howitzer ami a very strong position at
the reservoir, which Is connected with
the waterworks.
The following members of tho First
Nebraska regiment are reported killed
in the insurgent attack ut Manila.
Names of wounded aro not given:
Hiilph W. Kills, C. O. ilulllnger of
the Qiuaha company.
Harry. S. Hull of company A of
York.
Charles It. Kcekley, son of ex-Sen-utor
Keekley, of company A, York.
Kdwurd Kggen of Fremont.
Louis Uegler of Lincoln,
David Lugger of company I at Bon
net. Orln T Curtis of Beatrice.
James Pierce, a regimental musi
cian. Corporal Grecruy's name does not ap
pear in I lie roster of tho First Nebras
ka regiment us the regiment wus
orgunled when it left, lie probably
joined the regiment at Mtmllu.
ENGLAND SUSPECTS FRANCE.
The I'ruuch Murine Mlnlftter't Vfortli Ite-
vlve War Purling
London. Fob. 0. An alleged inter
view with the French minister of ma
rine, M. Lockroy, published in a Homo
paper, has created considerable stir in
somo quarters in London, as it is held
to show that Franco has In nowise
burled the, hatchet, but is determined
to attack Groat Britain at tho first op
portunity. People hero, however, can
hardly credit tho veraolty of tho Inter
view, in which M. Lockroy begins by
describing the British naval organiza
tion as "all humbug," nud saying:
"The Knglish have only the brutal
force of numbers,"
Tho minister of marines Is also
quoted as declaring that war with
Great Britain is inevitable, nud ho Is
said to havo added In consequence:
"Let England contlnuo to construct
war ships. Our naval program is steol
plated, powerful, swift cruisers, tor
pedo boat destroyers and submarlno
boats."
The British newspapers havo appar
ently takeu these utterances sorlously
and are urging the government to re
ply "to words with deeds."
These French menaces seem to ao
:ord with confidential information
that tho military and naval circles
hero are convinced that Franco moans
war. Secret advises, it appoars, havo
been received at tho British war onlee,
showing that tho French authorities
ure noiselessly preparing for tho strug
gle. In fact, it is even said that the
Napoleonic Idea of an invasion of
Great Britain is revolving In the minds
of tho French military author
ities nnd at the present moment
n gradual but silent movement
of troops Is said to bo proceeding
towards tho northorn coast of France
where, in two months' time, it is as
serted, about ir.0,000 men will bo con
centrated. The British war authori
ties are determined not to wait
Franco's convenience, but to call her
hand ns they did in tho Fashoda inci
dent and will declare that they regard
tills concentration of troops as an act
of war.
In tho meanwhllo the British nary
is paying tho greatest attention to
gunnery. Tho ohannel squadron this
week has been ongugod every morning
in firing practice at moving targets.
Tho results are carefully noted,
Cohan Iiallroaili.
Nicw York, Feb. 0. A dispatch from
Havana says: The control of tho ex
isting railway system of Cuba has been
secured to tho New York syndicate,
which Includes Canadian capitalists.
A lllg Moxlcun llsnk.
City oif Mkxico, Fob. 0 A new
financial Institution, to bo called the
Central Mexican bank, Is to bo estab
lished hero on a broad aud liberal
charter, with 0,000.000 capital, and
shares havo been subscribed to tho
amount of 81,000,000 in excess of tho
capital. One-half of tho capital stock
bus been subscribed to by un Inter
national syndicate, in which J. Pier
pout Morgan, of New York, Welch
roedor and tho Deutsoho bank, of
Berlin, are, with Honry 0. Creel, of
Chihuahua, owners of one-half of tbt
stock.
TO TKST BALLOT M
ATTORNEY QUESTIONS ITS
CONSTITUTIONALITY.
llrliiK Hull Ajriilu.t IIU .HiIi'CTMfiil Opx
iin nt to Out lllin from Oniie lt
t'lorr llm Aiulnillnn lliitlot Law Un-
COIIttltlllllllllll.
Phil H. Winter of Omaha, who was
defeated in tho race for county at
torney last fall by George W. Shields,
fuslonlst, has Instituted quo warranto
proceedings In the district court to
oust Shields, alleging tho unconstitu
tionality of the Australian ballot law
In that it allows the name of n candi
date to appear several times upon tho
olllelul ballot. This means that Mr.
Winter will drop his contest against
Shields, which is now pending In tho
county court and rely solely upon tho
alleged defects In the law. Under tho
law quo warranto proceedings of the
nature Involved hero should bo tiled by
the county attorney, but very natural
ly Mr. Shields declined to file a suit
ii g:il list, himself, and thus become at
torney for his opponent, whereupon
Mr. Winter employed counsel and 'In
stituted the suit himself. In his ap
plication for the writ he alleges that
the law Is contrary to the constitution
of the I'nitcd States and of the Ntato
in that It gives one candidate an ad
vantage over another by allowing his
name to appear In us many columns of
the otliclal ballot as there are parties
of which lio is u candidate; that under
the law there Is no true way of de
termining the strength of the parlies;
that the present, law, though amenda
tory, does notshow what It Is Intended
to amend and Is self-contradictory,
there being u conflict between sections
IT. timl :.'l, thus confusing the voter
unil the parties mailing the count of
the votes. He contends, in addition
to this claim iigniust the law, that thu
nomination of Shields was due to a po
litical bargain by means of which tho
support of the populists and free stiver
republicans was secured in considera
tion of the democratic party according
to those parties repiosentntlon on tho
legislative ticket, which Is alleged as
n species of bribery.
FILLMORE COUNTY CONTEST.
Iqinnilltra Not Yet Itruiljr Willi II Ke
pirt TlirriMin.
The position of the committee on
privileges anil elections in the houso
on the Fillmore contest has not been
stated to tho house through the mem
bers, with the exception of u few mi
nority members at one time signed a
report recommending the ousting of
Representative Taylor and the seating
of M. Conwell. Now tho ono minor
ity member who signed tho report has
asked that his name be taken oil and
there Is a strong likelihood that two
reports will como in. Tho minority
members have prepared another report
recommending the ousting of both rep
resentatives form Fillmore county on
tho theory that the ballots Inthothrco
precincts not yet counted havo been
discredited so that they could not bo
counted. The majority of tho com
mittee bus not yet agreed to this ro
port and is rumored tliat ono or two
republicans favor a recount of the bal
lots in the thrco precincts, tho ballota
for which have been in tho possession
of Judge Skipton.
tfl
llnml Torn In a '
Coriirlirllrr. '"
Lewie Kendall, a young mnii living
.vlth his parents on their farm thrco
miles east of Sutton, had his hand bad
ly torn up in acornsheller. The phy
sicians in charge fear that amputation
of the hand will bo necessary. Mr.
Kendall was oiling the shcllct when
his mitten got caught in the cogs.
The Sutton schools which closed on
January IS on account of measles, havo
reopened. There ure still a number
of measles patients in that city.
OUr-n I'enltrntlHr Hrntmicn..
Frank Graham, the Kdlson burglar,
and Albert Young, the Arapahoe high
wayman, were each sentenced in dis
trict court at Beaver City, to llvo
years In the penitentiary. Graham,
since his conviction, bus been writing
letters to different persons saying
that he would kill them as soon as ho
served his time. Some of these letters
came Into possession of the judgo and
Graham's sentence was much longer
than it would have been otherwise.
Sinking Convert.
At York a lartre attendance, esneo-
lally of young people, listened tho oth
er evening at the Christian church to
a sermon on the "Purpose of Christ's
Suffering, delivered by tho pastor,
Hev. .1. A. Kieferls. Three mado con
fession and two were bontlsed. Tho
pastor Is earnestly endeavoring to in
crease ttie spiritual activity among
u members anil is pleading with tiio
unconverted to surrender themselves
to God,
Nerlou !harc.
William Hayes and June Bent of Red
"loud were arrested by Sheriff WoIIh,
charged with highway robbery in hav-,
lug knocked down aud robbed a man
by the name of Jacobs while ho watt
going to his home at a lutehour of the
night, accompanied by the first named
man.
I. M. Mills, a stockman of Claries,
was run over anil lulled by freight
train No. !.'!) on the Union Pacific while
loading out his cattle,
WitdilnKton'ii Ultt to the Oljrmpln.
Skatti.k. Wash.. Feb. 8. Tho eon.
tract for u si leer service to be pro
sentod Admiral Dewoy'n flagship
Olympla by the citizens of Washing
ton was awarded to Shrova & Co. of
Sau Francisco. Tho servlco 'a to con
sist of twsnty-soven pieces aid It is to
bo manufactured of natlvo silver, Iu
addition to the service a library is also
to bo given tho Olympla.
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