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TUB ONIiY DIIMOCKATIU 1'APKlt IN
WKI1HTKU COUNTY
Why not have u real Fraternal nm
morlnl day thin year? Tho various
orders ought to nmlco arrangements at
once nud make UiIb tho event of tlio
your. The time to begin Is here.
iituiiu thing i i do tointi t fi t mid tul.o
thlr I mil iiwtiy, and extend our poB-session-
lo the I'aiiiinm canal. Moxh'o
hcimiih to lie iih badly governed as any
country In the world, yet It, Is rich in
minerals and Its farm land in most
productive. With all I's ualuial ie
sources, tliu people themselves are
povertv-slilekon and abound. What
wo have done for'Cnba and tho Phil
ippines we can do for the Mexicans,
and the general tendency seems to Iih
In that direction. Wo can not know
very much of the inside conditions,
nut our troops nro not scuttciod along
the border lino just to have n plonlc.
The sympathy oftho Americans along
the border seems to bo with alio Insur
rectos. The outcome Is problematical.
Tho Omaha papora came out with
luring headlines this week stating
that tho city had been cleaned up.
Tho details showed that tho city street
commissioner had removed sovoral tin
cans from some of the back alleys.
It is a II ttlo early, but tho glorious
fourth will be hero bofoio we are
uwaro and preparations should be bo
gun to make this the bost colebration
ever hold in tho city. It will take
more than u grensed polo and pink
lemonade. Our customers ought lo be
Invited to eat with us at least one day
in the year and it is up to us to furnish
tho table. Hero is work for that citi
zens' league.
We wish to call at ton lion to our
"patent insidos" this week. Von will
Hud thoro a synopsis of all the import
ant laws ouactod by tho lato legisla
ture. If you want to know what was
passod and what was not, just turn to
the inside pages and read for your
self. For your own bonellt this copy
will be a good one to file away for fu
ture roferonoo, for, like as not, in a
month or two you will want to know
whether you can fish on your own
farm without a llceiiso or not. You
will not be wasting your time if you
read tho insido pages of ithlsp apor
every weok, because thoy aro always
full of interesting news mid informa
tion. Tho Western Newspaper Union
furnishes the copy, and it has had tho
oxperiouec mid knows what the peo
ple want
The .Mexico troublo may yet prove
serious to tho United States. With
tho war being fought right along our
border mid American citizens shot on
American soil, we may expect almost
anything. From all accounts it seems
that many people of this government
aro just waiting for a chance to got in
and tight. Many of us seem to have
the chip on our shoulder, and we
would rather light than not. Again,
the Mexican government would in all
probability be only too pleased to give
in to a big government rather than to
a small baud of insurrootos. The in
surgents themselves would be pleased
to get help and have their way, even
if they did lose the country. So, all
things considered, it may be tho liti-
eiiiiugh to make a thin o test of thos
springs at no cspcno lo tho rlty. It
tho water is tin-re in abundance whj
not go ahead? We se no good reason
for any delay. We soe no reason whj
ilils city should no bo ablo to make n
dellnlto ans"wor within the specified
ten days. Hut we will have't" move
The Burlington has put ns In thepnsl
Hon where me must do something and
wo C'tuuot afford to let the matter g"
by default.
This city is once more confronted by
a serious condition of its water pro
blom. The largest user of city water
wants bettor water, wantsspring water
and wants to know that there will be
plenty at all times. The 15. & M. lias
been notified at dllioicut times to
mulct) other preparations for water and
thoy never know whether thoy are on
foot or horecback so far as their water
is concerned. Now that they have
notified tho city that they expect a
definite answer It is incumbent upon
the city to act. If wo lose this custom
er wo lose SlbOO.Ol) a year revenue.
Tho question, arises can we success
fully carry on our water plant with
tho lemalnlng 9300 00 Income? Will
that amount of money maintain our
plant? Wo havo boon lovying $1200 0u
per year to keep tills water plant go
ing as it is. Aro wesatlsfled to continue
that policy? That Is tho question
now befoie this city. If the li. & M.
is satisfied that tliore is plenty of
water at the spring and is willing to
buy the slto, install the pipe lino, pay
the right of way and go to all this
trouble to get good water for Its en
gines there must be something in it
for t lie company. Heing a private cor
poration It Is self e idont that they act
from the dollar and cent standpoint
only. They have been paying this-
city from twelvo to fifteen hundred
dollars annually for the past fifteen
yoar.s say $21,000.00. Now It is easy
to see from their view point that if
thoy can spend not more than six
thousand dollats lor this pipe line and
have it free forever they are making
good iutorestou thoir money. If tho
liurlington can make money from these
springs by talcing upon itself tho en
tiro cost might not tho city do aa well?
With tho Uurllngton shut ofV the
south well would not furnish a stillie
lent supply for our present needs and
wc would still huvo to resort to creek
water. So long as crook water is used
I wo need not hope for very many now
customers and in the moantlmo the
cost goes on just the same. Tins plant
' has to bo maintained It costs money
i
' whether it is nscd all the time or just
j
a little. The well water is not as
1 good as tho other water mid wo would
'still be putting up with an inferior
quality. Now that thero are enough
. public spirited men ready to pay for
' all experiments it ought to bo ousy
WHAT THE STRING WAS FOR
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Discipline.
Wo have seon schools that wore as
(pilot as a room full of horrors, Wc
have seen the pupilsstttingln strained
positions, with head erect, hands by
side, or arms folded, turnlntr neither
to the right nor tho left, or, if moving,
moving slowly, almost wearily with
downcast eye, on tip-too, with hands
claspetl behind the b.ick, whlsporlng
not, smiling not, with tho light of tho
eyo dull, and all tho joyoustiess of
childhood driven from the faces of the
pupils by the llorceness of tho methods
of the petty tyrant in charge.
Wo havo wondered whether the so
called school was not a prison, or a re
formatory institution of some kind,
and wo can remember how glad wo
wore to got out again into tho froo air
and tho bright sunshine of the outor
world, where wo could again soo a
child smile and hear the merry laugh,
and earnest happy voices of thoso who
wore free.
Wo havo heard such schools praised
as models of excellence, as schools of
faultless discipline, whoso teachers, so
earnest, so skilled, wcro worthy of
momoi ials in brass or marble.
Wo never heard what became of
these teachers. They aro not men
tioned witli Arnold, or Froebel,orl'os
talozl. Wo are Inclined to think that
the progiosalng waves of modern edu
cational thought have overthrown or
oveilapped them, and has left to us
no trace of their doings or existence.
It was not discipline, it was cruelty,
torture, or deviltry. It was tho op
pression of a woak child by a strong
grown man or woman. It developed
neither sfrongth of character, nor no
billty of purpose. It drove out all joy
ousness, all lovo, and made tho child
worse by far than If it hull trained
willi the gamins of the gutter Who
can say that lives havo not been wreck
ed by tome petty cruelty of some pelt
teacher Who can say that the morose
ness, the sullenness, the petty spite or
mean actions of somo manhood may
not havo been the lesult of acts of op
pression, committed thoughtlessly by
the tenchor of his boyhood ?
Too much discipline, too much rule
and regulation, too much of the marti
net in the formalities of the school
room is far worso than the absence of
all restialning i-uIps. For, if a child
is guided propeily, carefully, thought
fully, it will develop for good, but il
it is continually and forcibly hold
back, If it is deprived of all freedom of
speech or action, it will place itself in
antagonism to tho teacher, to the an
thority of the school, to society. The
antagonism wins in tho contest, but It
is at tho expenso of society. The bad
boy, so made by this faulty discipline,
becomes a bad man. Who is responsi
ble? We have, in our later days.'come to
ee some points on child manners and
loovcnionts, which wc wish we had
sevn when we wero younger. Wo
m'ght be happier. We know we should
ba prouder.
Many of the so-called disobediences
of children arc not willful. , Many of
thoir bad deeds are tho result of un
controllable impulses. Very few of
their bad acts aro the results of delib
erate thought. Many of them aro the
results of parentage of home training
and surroundings. Should wo not,
thou, carefully and patiently guide a
child into the right path If wc suspect
such influences? Shall wo beat It
back, or scold It back? Or shall we,
when It wanders from the path, place
it again and again on the track until
tho little feet, by constant going, have
worn a path from and for its own
tiaveling.
Forgetful Citizen Thought It Meant
Hlo Wife Wanted Something, Go
He Did Not Register.
Tho woll-meanlng citizen is some
times so busy that ho forgets to
regleter until he Id reminded of tiio
fact, when ho hustles around to tho
polling placo and gets his name down.
A hint of this human weakness is
contained In a llttlo purablo told by
Jphn Smith In tho Buffalo K-cpress:
Bunker wno In the habit of wearing
a thread around his finger to remind
him that ho was to do nn errand for
his wlfo; and his acquaintances wore
wont to Joko him pleasantly on tho
subjoct. On that particular day, as he
was leaving the office for homo, ono
of tho boys, seeing tho thread, asked:
"Well, what is It this ttme?" "Oh,
Just a llttlo or well, what was it
for today, anyway?" said Bunkor. "Lot
rao see, now what does she want a
steak Ico tickets pay for something
tolephono to somo friends of hers
go to tho employment agency for a
girl what could it havo been? I'll
Just stay here until I remember." So
thore he sat until tho tlmo for the last
train out approached. When ho
reached home ho was In a state of
worry. "Ada," ho called, "what did
you want me to do In town today?
I've been worrying for threo hours
what this thread was for." "Why,"
Stophon," she roplled, "you asked mo,
yourself to put that on to remind you
to register on your way up from the,
train."
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SOFT HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS
Old Notes Wanted by Women Auto
moblllBts Because They Can Do
Easily Tucked Awny.
"The request for an 'old soft hundred-dollar
bill' has becomo so fre-'
quent of lato," Paid tho ladles' teller
In a New York bank, "that I mado so
bold ns to BBk n friendly depositor
what this feminine craze for shabby
hundred-dollar bills stood for.
" 'All your hundred-dollar bill ladles
havo autos, I supposo?' she asked. I
admitted that most of them had.
" Most of them havo country places
within oasy motoring distance?' was
her next question. 1 thought a minute
and said that many of them wero soml
suburbanites. i
"Sho then went on to say that If
I was any kind of a Sherlock Holmos
I'd be able to put those facts to
er and see that suburban living often
necessitated rapid motoring; that
this meant arrest and that bail was
a good thing to have on hand. An
oxtra hundred-dollar bill pinned un
der a cushion of the machine waB fair
ly ssfo from theft and often saved
the situation. A new bill is too crisp
for eaey killing and pinning and Is apt
to rustle when touched. The old bill's
Just the thing for tucking away In a
eardenso or nnlty bag or pinning In
some, pocket of the machine. 'Quiet,
safe, but effective,' was the way sho
summed up the balling virtues of the
fhnbby hundred-dollar bill."
QUALITY
FOOT
WEAR
Jury Service In Dickens' Time.
If It's near dinner time, tho fore
man taken out hlu watch when
the Jury have returned and Hays:
"Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to
five, I declare! 1 dine at five, gentle
men." "So do 1," says everybody
olse except two men who ought to
havo dined at three, and seem more
than half disposed to stand out In
consoquonce. Tho foreman smiles,
and puts up his watch: "Well, gen
tlemen, what do we say? Plaintiff, de
fendant, gentlemen? I rather think
o far na I am concerned, gentlemen
I say I rather think but don't let
that Influence you I rather think the
plaintiff's the man." Upon this two
or three other men are sure to say1
they think fco, too as of course they
do; aud thou they get on very unani
mously and comfortably. Krom Dickens.
For Aged People
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THE HOME GROCERY, P. A. Wullbrandt, Prop.
Old Folks Should be Careful In Their
Selection of Regulative Medicine
We have a safe, dependable and al
together ideal remedy that is particu
larly adapted to the lequlrctucnts of
aged people and persons of weak con
stitutions w ho sillier from constipation
or other bnwul dlsoideis. We aro so
cciluiu ll'iit It wlllielleve these com
plaints and give absolute satisfaction
in eery particular that wo oiler it
with our poisonal guarantee that It
shall cont the user nothing if it fails to
substantiate our claims. This lemedy
is called Uexall Otderlk-s.
Ue.MiII Otdorilkis have a soothing.
healing, strengthening, tonic and re-
gulativeaetiou upon the bow els They
remove all Irritation, dryness, soreness
and weakness. They restore tho bow
els and associate organs, loinoio vigor
ous aud healthy activity. They are
eaten like candy, may bo taken any
lime without inconvenience, do not
cause any griping, nausea, diarrhoea,
excessive looseness, Uatuleuce or other
disagreeable effect.
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High Hats Bring Fat Fees.
A Hrookljn clergyman who Is sta-,
Honed in a parish that adjoins a large
cemetery is called upon frequently by
the cemetery authorities to read thei
burial service at graves of persons
whose relatives have no church con
nections, The fees for this work have
been surprisingly large aud recontly
tlie clergyman nan begun buying a
At a social gathering of clergymen,
when the dignity of their offices for,
the tlmo was forgotten, this parson
was Jokingly accused of "living on
dead men." He denied the charge, but
admitted that he always wore a silk
hat when called upon to officiate for
strangers because he had come to And
that the higher the hat the larger the
feo.
A Tough Boy.
Willie Smith, a boy of fourteen
years old, living .near Coosa, (Ja.. was
liivluK a niulo team across the rail
road tracks when tho uuginn of a fiut
train, hit him. The mules wero killed,
tha wagon demolished, And While woa
dung a distance of 70 feet into a corn
field When they went after his doud
body they found him sitting up and
wondering what It was all about Ho
had two or three bruises, but no bones
wore broken. When Wllllo gets a lit
'tlo older he can play with dynamite,
Nothing more vital to daily
Comfort than properly-fitted
shoes. It decides how you
shall finish each day-whether
tired and unhappy or rested
and comfortable.
(Allow us to fit your feet
scientifically and accurately to
apairof "Queen Quality" Shoes.
YOUR DISCOMFORT WILL CEASE
FROM THAT HOUR.
THE MINE M
GENERAL MERCHANTS.
A MIGHTY SAFE PLACE TO TRADE"
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This is tho seaon of the year when
the "Sweet Hirl iSradualo" nourishes.
Now ho lily-white arm of the gradualo
fair llourish o'er her golden hair, carv
ing I he flower-fragrant air in Millions
of lovo and light. asshebegius'Dowii
the untrodden pathway of life we can
see the invisible fool prints of an un
seen land. Wo build the ladderon tho
sea of life whose rungless rounds we
mount From the lowly eatth to the
vaulted skies," as Cowpor says in his
Thnnutopsis. Keyond the Alps lies
Italy: over tho fence Isout. 'Hopon,
ho pever,' is tiio watch cry of the voice
less spirit whose wings gleam in the
shoreless watersof life's tempestuous
son." -
Charity Lodge No. nil, A. i and A.
M. meets at Masonic Hall every 1st
and 3d Friday. R. K. Foe, W. M. A
B. Scllars, Secretary.
Red Cloud Chapter No IS), lloyal
Arch Masons meets every Second and
fourth Friday. D W. Turnure, H. P
II. A Letson, Secretary
Cyrene Coumiandery No. 11, Knights
Templar meets every First Thursday.
H A. Letson, K. C. D. W. Turnure,
Recorder.
Charity Chapter No. 17, Order o
tho Kastern Stars, meets at Masonic
Hall alternate Monday's Mrs. Cora
Potter, W. M. Mrs. Kdlth Itoblnsou,
Secretary.
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WHEN YOU VISIT
tho snot where lies n departed loved
one, it's only natural to feel pride in
seeing
A Becoming Monument
mark the grave. You have an un
marked grave. You're thinking about
the monument. Visit us we will help,
you. Our vrlc Is lasting. Charges
moderate.
ED. McALlSTER
UKI) CLOUD, - - NEBRASKA
1. O. O. F.
Meets every Monday Night
Clnrbor, N. (!. O. C. Teel.
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Clerk.
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Meets First and Third Thursday, In
I. O. O. F. Hall. Mrs. Alice Itunchy,
N. ti. Carrie Hnlswnrth. Secretary.
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CLEAR
A Hard World. I
"It's a hard world," Hald tho avla- '
tor, who felt that he was not appro-' '
elated.
"Yhs." reulled the cnllttmriiM "ri, i
rricejooa uu (iViUorld would; be much easier for our
tore Tho ltoxall bnsluesi If It ci
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Store. '1 he H. 10. tlrlco Drug Co.
rubber and In flute A,"
could have been made of1. TL. f-L' C II tL M
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For Sale.
Owing to tho III health of JMrs. Dr.
Cunningham, thoy will sell at private
sale at their residence, on corner of
Cedar street and Fourth avonue, one
block north of Fourth avoirie hotel,
beginning Saturday, April 32, and con
tinuing until the following Saturday,
inclusive Terms of sale, ensh. Two
oak bedroom suites complete with.p
springs and mattresses, l maple bed
room suite complete with springs and
mattress, 2 Iron beds with springs and
mattresses, 2 oak chiffoniers, !( cham
ber sets complete, 1 oak mission finish
library table. 2 square top oak center
tables, 1 oval top oak center table, 1
square lop curly maplo center table, t
round top extension dining table, I
set si dining room chairs, 1 side
board, 1 china closet, 1 Limoges chiua
dinner set, 1 plate rack, 1 base burner
and stove board, 1 six hole kitchen
rango with reservoir, 2 sets ot Macy
sectional bookcases of four sections
each, mission finish; 1 hall seat, 8
rocking chairs, wall plcturos and win
dow blinds, 1 Hush it (Jerts upright
piano with cabinet bench, I Standard
sewing machine, 2 clocks, numerous
kitchen utensils and furniture, 1 lawn
ninwor, I refrigerator, 1 washing ma
chine, canned fruit, tomatoes and
pickles, empty Mason jars and jelly
glasses, 2 0x12 Wilton rugs, 2 .I2 Ax
minster rugs. 1 12 foot Axtnlnstor hall
runuer, several small rugs and vari
ous other household articles too nu
merous to mention
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