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A Valentine to Cupid.
Ah, little boy Cupid, I know you well;
But you're not as the poets say;
Tou have no arrows, that I have seen,
Though you captured my heart, one
day.
Too wear more clothes than the pic
tured Love,
And to call you blind were a sin;
But I know you are Cupid, (or no one
else
8uch 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.
60 I send you a valentine, Boy, today,
To say you may keep my heart, ,
for It must bo yours forever and aye,
Though I felt not tho feathered dart.
IDA'S VALENTINES.
By M. Loulso Ford.
"Tomorrow's Valentino's Day, mam
ma, and oh, you ought to bee 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'.", and nn eager little
face looked up into Mr3. Lane's.
Mamma stooped down and planted a
kiss on the rosy cheek, saying:
"Yes, indeed, 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
tne and Annie as well as the others?"
"Yes, mamma, and I'm going to
make one for Alec Doles; ho isn't very
bright, you know, and tho boys make
tun of him. I thought he'd llko one.
I don't believe he'll have any; and
Kitty Welch has to stay at home now,
cause her brother's got the measles,
nd bo I thought I'd send her 0110,
too," replied Ida earnestly.
"I am very glad you thought of
them," said her mamma, "and hero
MAKING HER VALENTINES.
are some little pictures I found today;
you may use them if you like."
"Oo, 00I aren't those Just sweet!"
exclaimed Ida In high glee.
"Yes, Indeed, especially the ono that
came oft the candy box," said mamma,
with a merry twinkle In her eyo.
Ida was off In n trlco to mako her
valentines, and so busily did alio work
that she had Quito n handful to tako
to school next morning.
How the merry little voices did chat
. Jllfe,
flllf
ter up to thu very time the bell rang,
and Mis3 Walker kindly allowed the
wonderful box to bo opened beforo les
sons were begun.
Timo after time Ida's name was
called, until her desk was qulto cov
ered with big valentines and little
ones, home made and storo bought,
some rather tho worse for handling,
and some 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 little
maiden looked around to ceo 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
the words heard on all sides, and tho
excitement had scarcely begun to sub
side when Mls3 Walker struck the bell
once more, and overy Valentino was
put away till recess timo.
Only one little girl there was who
had not a single valentine, she was n
new scholar, n thin, sad-looking child,
with big brown eyes. Her dress was
old and faded, and 'the first day she
camo to school, ono little girl had
whispered to another:
"Josle Dean's father drinks, I guess,
'cause I saw her with him last week,
and ho couldn't walk straight."
That was, Indeed, tho sad secret of
JoBle's homo, and now, when all tho
others were happy with their valen
tines, she was looking out of tho win
dow, winking hard to keep back tho
tears.
Not ono valentine, did I say? Oh.
yes, there was one of those dreadful
ones children sometimes call "comic,"
with a coarso picture of a drunken
man, with a bottlo In his hand upon It.
Somo thoughtless boy had put that in
the box for Josle Dean, and in delight
alio had responded to her name.
But when she saw the cruel Joko her
little faco grew palo and frightened,
and she hid tho dreadful thing in her
pocket boforo any ono could see it.
At recess time Ida was hero nnd
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 camo to tho
window where she was btandlng.
in a minute Ida bad guessed tho
trouble, though alio 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. Here I've
got lots of them, more tbau I need,
and I want you to pick out the very
prettiest one," and she drew her away
into the dressing room, and spread her
valentines .out.
"There, now you take Just the ono
you want most."
Joslo'u faro brightened, but sho was
too shy to accept tho kind offer, uutll
Ida insisted upon It.
"Yes, you must; you see you've boon
hero such a lltUo while that the girls
don't know you much. Next year
you'll have plenty. You see they all
know mo 'causo I've been here bo
long," she said comfortingly,
'Thero was ono representing two
llttlo girls busily and happily at work
in tho very act of making and writing
valontlncs; thl3 one Joule those, and
shyly thanked Ida.
"We'll say that is you aud me," suld
Ida, laughing, "and next year we wlli
mako our valentines together," and
the two llttlo girls went back to tho
schoolroom, their feet dancing with
happiness, and their hearts light as
air.
It would bo hard to tell which of
tho two was tho happier, but Ida said
to her mother that night, as sho was
tucked Into her little bed:
"The very best part of the day,
mamma, was when I gavo JoIbo that
valentine. It made such a happy place
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 the verse 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, suro enough, Isn't It mamma?"
Our Sunday Afternoon.
Apropoa.
By Helen Cnaffco.
Between the sips of coffeo
I paused a bit to bay,
"You've biiroly not forgotten
That 'tis St. Valentine's Day 7
"You used, when you wero courting,
To sentimental grow,
And send me at this season
Some gift quite apropos.
"If blue by chance my ball gown,
A box would come from you
Forget-me-nots containing,
And a valentine in blue.
"If sweet you said my lips were,
Like gold my curling locks,
You sent 11 golden Jewel
And sweets In costly box.
"But sentiment by wedlock
Is dulled orsoon or lato;
No Valentino finds Cupid
For wives appropriate."
As day woro on, forgotten
These words of sad regret,
Tho door bell rang. I answered.
A messenger I mot.
An envelope with C'iplds
And roses all enlaced!
I opened it, aud, trembling,
Tho paces scanned In haste.
"To silks and lace ono hundred.
"To squash, to fish, to ham
Payment received and so forth
"I've done my best. Vours Sam."
UY 1W IfJllIfllDO.
Success of the Gomez Negotiations
Leads to New Hopes.
THINK IT IS A VERY GOOD IDEA,
OtU Bhoir That the Rltuxtlon I Im
proving mill the rrenltlent U Urged to
!! a CummUtlnuor Moot til III
vurgeot Filipino C'hlof.
Washington, Feb. 0. Believing
that the piolftcatlon of Cuba Is as
sured, as a result of tho conciliation of
General Gomez, administration ofllclals
are urging tho I'rnsldent to take action
looking to tho conciliation of Aguiu
aldo and securing his co-operation In
settllug tho Philippine question.
Tho authorities nro contlilont Hint
there will bo no trouble In accomplish
ing the dlsbandment of tho Cuban
army now Hint Its leader has consent
ed to aid tho Prosldont In bringing
pcaco to the Island. In view of thin
satisfactory outcome In Cuba it Is
urged by somo that a similar experi
ment should bo tried with Agutnaldo.
Advices from (leneral Otis show that
conditions In tho archipelago arc Im
proving. Ho states that he Is eon
lldentthat when the treaty of pence Is
ratified tho opposition to American
control will collapse.
General Otis has boforo been directed
to keep In communication with Aguln
aldo und explain the friendly purpos.es
of this government, but tho point Is
made that If tho commission now on
tho way to tho Philippines, or one. of
Its members, should bo directed to
confer with Aguinaldo, as Mr. Porter
waa instructed to do with Home., nnd
explain tho wishes of thu President,
the backbone of tho tight ngalust tho
sovereignty of tho United States
would bo broken and a ditTercnt as
pect would bo placed on the situation.
If tho President choso to do so, ho
could with propriety hnvo a conversa
Hon with Agonclllo, who reprosouts
Aguinaldo, aud explain tho purposes
of this government. Agonclllo has
made himself distasteful to this gov
ernment, however, because of his ac
tion in making public tho documents
he submitted to tho State department
and sending1 cablegrams to his chief
advising hhn of the developments iu
tho situation.
Through his eocretary, Agonclllo
has presented at the State department
another memorandum, showing that
the area of territory and 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 enclosed 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 tho communi
cation. LABOR AND THE PHILIPPINES,
Senator Differ on thn I'onrer to Shut Out
Product.
WAsniNOTON, Fob. 0. Mr. Chilton
addressed tho Senato this morning up
on tho various antl-expnnslon resolu
tions. He asserted that ho was not an
antl-oxpantlonlst or antl-anuexlou-ist.
Whlthln proper bountis ho re
garded It as tho duty of this coun
try to widen Its bounds. IIo thought
tho acquisition of Porto UIco and tho
island of Guam was well thought, but
In the acquisition of the Philippines a
grave public policy was involved. Mr.
Chilton said if our operations wero
confined to Porto UIco nnd Cuba wo
would need no Increuso in the standing
army, but if tho Philippines were
taken wo should require an army of
200,000 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. Forakcr, Interrupting Mr. Chil
ton, called his attontion to authorities
for the statoment that it would bo
compotent for any stato of tho Union
to protect Itsolf In any way It saw lit,
by levying import duties on Importa
tions from tho Philippines.
This point was sharply controverted
by Mr. Chilton. Tho laboring people
of tho country, ho added, had caught
tho alarm and road a letter ho had re
ceived from tho Natlonul Cigarmakers'
union urging Congress not to annex
tho Philippines on tho ground that it
would demoralise tho labor market of
this country.
Mr. Piatt of Conneotlcut said ho had
studied tho question pretty carefully
and he was satisfied that nelthor 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 netuul value or effect.
Tho frlouds of tho treaty will And
themselves short of tho votes neces
sary to ratify tho treaty and some of
them candidly confess that such is thu
oase. They are, however, still hopeful
that tho shortage will ba made good
beforo Monday.
$601,8f7 FORWEsTpOINT.
The Military Ao.irtemjr Want Congrsit to
FurnUh Cullom IUII.
Washington, Fob. 0 Tho military
academy appropriation bill was taken
up by tho House to-day. It carries
8001,817, whloh Is considerably less
than estimates, but more than recent
appropriation bills of this character.
Mr. Mur&h of lllln-als-'ln charge of the
bill, explained that tho increased total
was due to tho ncod of revonatlug tho
library and furnishing tho now Cul
lom hull.
INSURGENTS ATTACK MANILA.
American nnd I lllplnn Ilitvo n (letinrut
l.ilBrtKt'iiiout.
Mnntln, Feby., .1, S:tr p. m. Ameri
cans and Filipinos hnvo clashed. In
sin gents iitttieked outposts of Manila.
The clnsli was biought nboutby three
Filipinos who sought to durt past the
pickets. They repented the experi
ment three times. The last time, Cor
poral (Ireoley of the First Nebraska
eliullenired them and then I rod. kill
ing one nnd wounding another.
Almost Immediately nfterwnrd the
Filipinos' lino from Cnlvocuu to Snntu
Mosu, commenced a, fusllludo which
was Ineffectual.
The Nebraska, Montana and North
Dakota outposts replied vigorously and
held their ground until t enforcements
arrived.
The I'tuli light Infantry llnallv suc
ceeded Im silencing a uatlvu buttery.
The Third artillery also 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 ure
known to bo considerable.
The American losses nro estimated
nt Si) men killed nnd P..-, wounded.
Dewey ciimu to the rescue with tho
lire ft tun the gunboat Concord mid
cruiser Charleston anil the monitor
Monudiiock. Whun daylight came tho
Americans uilvaueed und drove thu
Filipinos from tho villages. Thu Ne
braska regiment also distinguished it
self, capturing several prisoners und 11
How itor und a very strong position at
the reservoir, which Is connected with
the waterworks.
The following members of tlio First
Nebraska regiment lire reported killed
in tho insurgent attack ut Manila.
Names of wounded uro not given:
Italph W. Kills, C. O. Dullinger of
tho omiihu company.
Hurry. S. Hall of company A of
York.
Charles It. ICeckley, son of ex-Sen-utor
Keeklcy, of company A, York.
Kdwnrd Kggen of Fremont,
Louis Bcgler of Lincoln.
David Lugger of company I at He li
ne t.
Orlu T Curtis of Beatrice.
lames Pierco, a teglincntal musi
cian. Corporal Grech-y's name does not op
pear iu the roster of tho First Nebras
ka regiment us tho regiment wus
organized when it left. He probably
joined the regiment ut Manila.
ENGLAND SUSPECTS FRANCE.
The Prnuch Murlno Mlntater'a Word lie
It Wur Furling
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
buried the. hatohct, but is determined
to attack Great Britain nt the first op
portuulty. People hero, however, can
hardly credit theveraolty of tho Inter
view, In which M. Lockroy begins by
describing tho British naval organiza
tion ns "all humbug," and saying:
"The English have only tho brutal
force of numbers."
Tho minister of marines Is also
quoted us declaring that war with
Groat Britain is inevitable, and ho Is
said to havo added in consequence:
"Let England contiuuo to construct
wnr ships. Our naval program Is steol
plated, powerful, swift crulsors, tor
pedo boat destroyers and submarlno
boats."
Tho British newspapers have appar
ently taken these utterances seriously
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 nro convinced that Franco means
war. Secret advises, It appears, havo
been received at the British war ofllce,
showing that tho French authorities
are noiselessly preparing for tho strug
gle. In fact, it is even said that tho
Napoleonic Idea of an Invasion of
Great Britain is revolving in thu minds
of tho French military author
ltles and at tho present moment
n gradual but silent movement
of troops Is said to bo proceeding
towards the northern const of France
where, In two months' time, It Is as
serted, about l.r0,000 men will bo con
ccntrated. Tho British war authori
ties are determined not to wait
Franco's convenience, but to call her
hand as they did In tho Fashoda Inci
dent nnd will declare that they regard
this concentration of troops as an act
of war.
In tho mcanwhilo the British navy
is paying tho greatest attention to
gunnery. Tho channel squadron this
week luiB boon engaged evory morning
In firing practice at moving targets.
Tho results arc carefully noted.
Cuban Hf.llroi.il.
Nitw Yoiiic, Feb. 0. A dispatch from
Havana says: The control of the ex
isting railway system of Cuba has been
secured to tho Now York syndicate,
which includes Canadian capitalists.
A Hlg Moxlcun Hank.
Citv of Mkxico, Feb. 0 A new
financial institution, to bo called tho
Central Mexican bank, Is to bo estab
lished hero on a broad and liberal
charter, with 80,000.000 capital, and
shares havo been subscribed to tho
amount of 91,000,000 in excess of the
capital, One-half of tho capital stock
has been subscribed to by an inter
national syndicate, in which J, Pier
pout Morgan, of Now York, Blolch
roedor and the Deutsche bunk, of
Berlin, are, with Honry C Creel, of
Chihuahua, owners of one-half of th
stock.
TO TEST BALLOT JAW
ATTORNEY QUESTIONS ITS
CONSTITUTIONALITY.
llrliiR Htilt Agulu.t IIU Stirccufill Oppo
unit to Oiut Him I'roni Ortlrn I)o
rlnrr lli Aiutnillnn llitllot Law l)n
coiiillliilloiiiil. Phil K. Winter of Omnlin, who wan
defeated In the inco for countv at
torney lust full by George V. Shields,
fuslonlst, has Instituted quo warranto
proceedings iu the district court to
oust Shields, alleging tho unconstitu
tionality of the Australian ballot law
iu Hint it allows tho name of a candi
date to appenr several times upon thu
ollleltil ballot. This means Hint Mr.
Winter will drop his contest against
.Shields, which is now pending In the
county court and rely solely upon tho
alleged tlefects In the law. Under thu
law quo warranto proceedings of tho
nature involved here should bo filed by
tho county uttoriicy, but very natural
ly Mr. .Shields declined to Hie ti suit
tigultist himself, and thus become at
torney for hl.s 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 United States uud of tho stato
in that it gives one candidate an ad
vantage over another by allowing ills
name to appear In as many columns of
the olllcliil ballot ns there are parties
of which lie is it candidate; that under
the law there Is no true way of de
termining the strength of the parties;
that the present law, though amenda
tory, does not show what it is Intended
to amend and Is self-contradictory,
there being u conflict between sections
15 and ui, thus confusing tho voter
and the parties miiMng the count of
thu votes. He contends, in addition
to this claim against the law, that tho
nomination of Shields was due to a po
litical bargain by means of which tho
support of the populists and free sliver
republicans wiih secured In considera
tion of the democratic party according
to those parties representation on tho
legislative ticket, which Is alleged as
a species of bribery.
FILLMORE COUNTY CONTEST.
Iqiniiilttra Not Vol Neatly Willi It Its-
part Thereon,
The position of the commlttco on
privileges and elections in the hojsu
on the Fillmore contest has not bcon
stated to tho house through tho mem
bers, with the exception of u few mi
nority members nt one time signed a
report recommending tho ousting of
Representative Taylor and tho seating
of M. Conwcll. Now tho ono minor
ity member who signed tho report has
asked Hint his name bo taken off and
there is a strong likelihood that two
reports will come in. Tho minority
members have prepared another report
recommending the ousting of both rep
resentatives form Fillmore county on
tho theory that the ballots In tho three
precincts not yet counted hnvo been
discredited so Hint they could not bo
counted. The majority of tho com
mittee bus not yet ngrced to this re
port nnd Is rumored that ono or two
republicans favor a recount of tho bal
lots iu the three precincts, the ballots
for which have been lu tho possession
of Judge Skipton. , ...c r
tf&u
Until! Torn In n Cormlirller. '
Lewie Kendall, a young man living
.vlth his parents on their farm three
miles east of Sutton, had his hand bad
ly torn up in neornshollcr. Thu phy
sicians lu charge fear that amputation
of the hand will lie necessary. Mr.
Kendall was oiling thu shcllct when
his mitten irot ciiUL'lit in the coirs.
The Sutton .schools which closed oil
January 18 on account of measles, havo
reopened. There tire still ti number
of measles patients In Hint city.
OltiMi I'enllrntlur Hrntcncm.
Frank Graham, the Kdlson burglar,
nnd Albert Young, thu Arapahoe high
wayman, were each sentenced In dis
trict court tit deliver City, to live
years in the penitentiary. Graham,
since ills conviction, has been writing
letters to different persons saying
Hint he would kill them as soon as lie
served his time. Some of these letters
came into possession of the judge nnd
Graham's sentence wus much longer
thun it would havo been otherwise.
Milking Convert.
At York ti large attendance, espec
ially of young people, listened the oth
er evening at the Christian church to
u sermon on the "Purpose of Christ's
Suffering," delivered by the pastor,
Itev. .1. A. Klefcrls. Three madu con
fession and two were baptised. Tho
pastor Is earnestly ondenvorlng to In
.rca.se the spiritual activity among
his members and Is pleading with tho
unconverted to surrender themselves
to God.
Horlou tHiarc.
William Hayes und June Bent of Red
"loud wero urrested by Sheriff Wells,
charged with highway robbery in hav
ing knocked down ami robbed u man
by the nuint of Jacobs while he was
going to his home at u lute hour of the
night, accompanied by the first named
man.
I, M. Mills, a stockman of ('larks,
was run over and killed by freight
train No. t.'S on the Union Pacitlowhilo
loading out his cattle.
Wndilngton' (lift to tlia Oljrmpl.
Skatii.k, Wash., Fob. 8. Tho con
tract for n silver service to bo pro
sentod Admiral Dewey's flagship
Oiympla by Hie citizens of Washing
ion was awarded to Shrava & Co. of
San Francisco. Tho sorvloo la to con
slst of tweuty-soyen pieces aid It is to
bo manufactured of native silver, la
addition to the services a library is also
to bo given the Oiympla.
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