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Red Cloud, Nebraska
FINAL CLEARANCE SALE
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WKIIHTKK COUNTY
What co-operation should Hip retired
former and business man give the ac
tive business and professional man in
"Boosting lied Cloud"? The remark
Is too often hoard that the professional
and business man don't push eniif, or
that the town Is "dead" because eacli
due is looking out for himself. While
admitting that there may Imvu been
omo truth in tills in the past, why lay
nil this hlutiic on the business mid
professional man? Dock not the re
tiied farmer, who lias plenty of time
to compute his Intel est nud the rent
from his rich fatms, have as much In
terest to push the city mid is it not n
much his duty to do so'.' We think so.
Our worthy retired friends have farms
and property that will be bcnellted
just ns much as the professional man
or the business mini, by having Ked
Cloud a live and progressive city.
It might further be suggested that
the accumulations of these desirable
citizens were gained when the business
mid professional men pushed in the
past. It might also be suggested that
these retired citizens have wealth ctiuf
to buy the goods and wares of several
merchants and far excel the meager
accumulations of several profes
sional men. In view of all these these
facts is not the criticism .some-times
just that these worthy citleiis of leis
ure some-times look at this matter in
tbo wrong light ? Tlio business mid
professional man should be able to
count on these men on.every occasion
instead of too often having their oppo
bition as is sometimes the case simply
because it will increase taxation.
Ton lawyer, the cditoi litis of the
clergy luck paitlcularlty of statement
nud distinctness of application. But
there is olio woik of u speullle char
acter that I desire to commend. 1 to
fer to thu work of Mr. Cole in relation
to the inmates of the prison and thu
poor in the bouth part of the city. No
lawyer in the city questions thu sin
cerity of Mr. Cole's motives. No law
yer hesitates to approve thu work he
has begun. As lawyers wu huve felt
the need of such pastoral assistance as
Mr. Cole is giving. We have wauttd
to bee a miuUter demonstrating, by
actual practise, the Christian charity
and helpfulness of which we are wont
to hear too much and see too little.
MrtJCole hus brought home to our
consciousness lu a way that we can not
fall to notice whut might result fiom
earnest etliclent hclpfultiess and over
sight. The poor in Red Cloud have
the gospel preached to them by the
kindly words and deeds of a minister
who seeks them out. We havu heard
the song of thu ninety and nine sung,
but we have not seen muny shepherds
going out into the waste places hunt
ing for the sti ay sheep. There is an
unfortunate notion among uilnlsteis
that they are paid for their sermons.
Perhaps that Is the notion of some of
the cougregation. There was a time
when the sermon was worth the com
pensatlon given, but there were two
reasons for this. The compensation
was generally very small, and there
was little other source of general edu
cation. Books aud uewspapeis weic
scarce. The plttauce paid to the min
ister whs uot a very serious burden,
and he furnished the only, or almost
the only matter for general dlscusslou
and intellectual Interest.
Today, as a means of entertainment,
the sermon must compete with the
numerous magazines, the great daily
papers, the vast iruautity of easily ac
cessible books; and the minister must
be a speaker aud thinker of exception
al ability to hold his own.
But the pastor who will tuku upon
himself.the work thut Mr. Cole is actu
ally doing will tlud little competition.
It is as true now us tt wits in the days
ot the Saviour, that the harvest is
great aud the laborers few. 1 have not
beeu asked to contribute anything to
wards Mr. Cole's salary, and 1 have
never heard him preach, but 1 believe
1 should be willing to pay something
rather than free his woik ttbout the
jail aud iu the lower part of the town
stopped. Thut work looks good to me.
The Third Woe
Evangelist Ki-slei's assault on his
brother minister, the physicians mid
the money makers is of no concern to
us, but when he makes his attack
upon the lawyers we may be expected
to make some reply.
Lawyers differ fiom tiiu evangelist
in one important particular. They
are truiued to search out the meaning
of the written expressions of othui,
aud do not Impute a meaning to words
which the writer did uot intend.
Especially is this the case, If the wilt
ten words arc the language of the
highest authotity known to earth.
I Winter Cloaks
m FOR SHORT TITOE YET m'
Up to and Including Saturday, March 8th, we will
still allow you SO Per Cent Discount on our Winter
Suits and Cloaks.
HURRY! HURRY!
As we have not many left but such as are here are
We are receiving our spring lines these days and will be pleased to have you call and
New and Fashionable Silks
White and Novelty Wash Goods
Wool Suitings and Dress Goods
Staple and Colored Wash
Goods
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GENERAL MERCHANTS
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The evangelist quotes the words of
Jesus, Luke XI, 4(1-52: "Woe unto you
lawyers, also, for ye lade men with
burdens grievous to he home, ete., for
ye have taken away the key of knowl
edge, etc." The evaugelistcites these
passages as If they referred to modern
lawyers. We lade men with burdens,
"by hiding the law from them until wu
have a contract for a fee," and we have
taken away the key of knowledge "by
making the laws, and if a poor fellow
undertakes to reiul the law, we refer
him from one chapter to unother and
from one section to another until his
head gets to wool gathering and In
despair he gives up and submits his
case."
The evangelist delibertately imputes
these meanings aud expressions to our
LiOrd. A lawyer would strive to iiud
out whut .lesus meant, 'Tte would
know there were no such persons lu
Judea ns the modern lawyer, that the
persons called lawyers by the Saviour
were men ot an entirely different pro
fession and character from the modern
lawyer. The modern lawyers is an
nutgiowMi ot the free institutions of
which he .has also been a principal
factor. The Jews knew no such a pro
fessiou as that of attorney at law aud
barrister, who are now popularly term
ed lawyers. Iu England aud America
their husiutss is to represent fairly
both sides of a controversy, in order
that a judge and jury may be
thoroughly advised of all the consider
ations that should determine their de
cision. It is the privilege of any liti
gant to select his lawyer, who Is under
obligation to do what he can fhlrly to
w iu ids case. Thu other litigant does
the same thing. In this manner all
the possible light is brought to bear
on both sides ot a question, and the
decision is given by an Impartial
tribunal.
lu governments less free there is
not the sumo regard for the Impartial
presentation of both sides of it quarrel,
and the profession of law Is of less
consequence. In the Jewish govern
mental system we tlud no evidences of
sticii u profession. In the trials re
coidcd iu the new or old testament
there Is no hint of the modern lawyer.
Neither could the modern law) or
lade men with burdens, by hiding the
law fiom them until they contract for
their fets. 'The law Is published iu
books as accessible to one mini as to
another. There Is no hiding, no
secrecy about thu matter, The lawyer
buys his books aud endeavors, at
great expense, to make himself famil
iar with their contents. He expects
Spring Suits and Coats
We have received a partial shipment of these
and others will be arriving in a few days.
Scrims
OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT
Should Never be Overlooked as the Stock is Large and Complete.
Maku Our Store Your Headquarters, You Are Always Welcome Whether in the Market For Anything or Not
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those who wish to buy his knowledge
to pay him, but it is open to them to
acquire the information for them
selves. They have only to buy the
t books and study them.
Neither does the modern lawyer take
away the key of knowledge, by mak
ing the laws. A fiec peoplo make
their owu laws. They may use lawyers
to write them, or may not. The law
yers constitute but a small part of
our legislatures, and it is ridculous to
charge the lawyers with referring the
inquirer from one section or chapter
to another. If one lawyer is dis
courteous to au inquirer there are
hundreds of others, so that a man
ueed uot be at a loss for a lawyer.
Evidently Jesus bad no reference to
the modem lawyer, but to the lawyer
of His day. The lawyer to whom the
Saviour spoke was more nearly like
the modern professor of theology or
teacher of morals than anything else
The burdens he Imposed upon the peo
ple were duties not enjoined by the
Mosaic law, but additions originating
his owu vauity, such as the washings
before eating," the particularities ob
servance of the Sabbath, 'circuin
sciosiou, etc., so that a man was al
ways in danger of breaking the moral
law the lawyers had constructed for
them. A charge of this kind certainly
out uot be successfully made against
the modem lawyer, who hus been
generally regarded us too Indifferent
to morals aud theology.
The lawyer whom the Saviour con
demned took away the key ot knowl
edge by his Insistence on tradition
against present day thought' and in
spiration, lie killed the prophets of
each age, aud veucrated thu prophets
of the age before him. This course
made him aud the people who accept
ed his teaching a backward-looking,
instead of a forward, or present look
ing people. Thus they were not ready
to accept present truth or hearpiu&ent
day prophets.
Inasmuch as there were no publish
ed books of thu law which thu people
geueiallv could lead, they were com-
pulled to rely on the oral instruction
ot these lawyeis, and if the lawyers
' failed to lull them thu .Mosaic law, but
, told them a lot of traditions, they hid
thu law from them, aud when they
! added thousands of injunctions and
prohibitions to thu .Mosaic law they
laded men with burdens too grievous
to bu botuu. If thu evangelist knows
anything about the practice of law and
the character of modem lawyers, he
knows that there is little ground for
making a charge of thisuatureugatustl
Draperies
them. The Saviour might havu class-,
ed us with publicans and sinners, but
lie would never have classed us wdth
Pharisees and hypocrites.
Whats Your
Politics Brother?
At a revival at the M. K church at,
luavale in which Rev. Davis of Cowlcs
officiated be tried one evening to place
the blame aud causes of the liquor traf
fic. The main cause because that the
Democrats aud Republicans were
bound to vote high license aud win.
He seems in doubt as to whether a
man can vote other than Prohibition
aud reach heaven. To illustrate he
said, "that if the Sunday school Super
intendent and the saloon keeper both
voted side by side at the polls and
voted Republican, and if the superin
tendent could go to heaven and the
saloon keeper went to hades, the saloon
keeper would cry out for endless years,
'unjust', 'unjust', unjust,' to God and
the Sunday school superintendent. He
quotes us as devils for voting thus: uud
says we are demons, dragging our sous
.and brothers down to drunkard's grav
es and lowering the morals of our
beautiful daughters and making brok
en hearted mothers. All we can hear
from him aud other tempernuce work
ers is "close the saloons." Now you
lied Cloud people have closed the
saloons. Does it help you? It looks
nice to come to your town and see your
drunks. Where do you get it? Why
don't the good people of your towu get
busy? Here at Innvale we can get any
amount at any time by express, or in
other words Mr. Hill has turned his
depots into saloons nud it is curried
away by the gallon instead of by thu
drink. People from thu dry statu of
Kansas come and gut it by thu cart
load.
Why not begin at the Hrewerios aud
try to stop the manufacture of it? He
move the cause. Begin at the begin
ning. What good will it do for one
man to tight lire if his opponent is
starting more tires. Its easier to start
it tli.iu to stop it. What good would
It do to clou every saloon In the state
so long as wo can fieely get it lu other
ways.
Further more I believe that there
are other politicians than Prohibition
ists iu heaven if they havu lived a life
which Is descent iu the sight of God.
We votu high licence because we think
it the best wo can do under the pre
vailing circumstances, liegiii right
"if man knowuth how" aud we will all
tight intemperance. We don't like to
fight unless there is a chance to gain
something and know what we arc fight
ing for.
and
s- HURRY!
all of this season's manufacture.
Curtains Goods
The temperance workers have been
working hard for years and years.
Hut show me what they huve gained.
Those who want it get it as ever aud
they drink whut they want.
Remember wiieti wu undertake to
stop the use of liquors we have under
taken something even us great ns gain
ing our independence.
If a tree bears biid fruit we must be
Comparative
Digestibility
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Made with different Baking Powders
From a Series of Elaborate Chemical Tests:
An equal quantity of bread (biscuit) was made
with each of three different kinds of baking powder
cream of tartar, phosphate, and alum and submitted
separately to the action of the digestive fluid, each
for the same length of time.
The relative percentage of the food digested is
shown as follows:
Bread made with
Royal Cream of Tartar Powder:
I 100 Per Cent Digetted
Bread made with
phosphate powder :
684 Per Cent. Digested"!
Bread made with
alum powder:
( 67 Per Cent. Digested I
These tests, which are absolutely reliable and
unprejudiced, make plain a fact of great importance
to everyone : Food raised with Royal, a cream of
tartar Baking Powder, is shown to be entirely diges
tible, while the alum and phosphate powders are found
to largely retard the digestion of the food made from
them.
Undigested food is not only wasted food, but it
is the source of very many bodily ailments.
Suits!
inspect them.
Linen Suitings and Dress Linens
White Tailored Waists In All
The New Materials
Buttons, Trimmings, Laces,
Nets, Etc.
A NIGHTY SAFE PLACE TO TRADE" ft
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gin at the roots as itdoe9 no good to
.deotroy the fruit each' year and our
only chance to stop the liquor traflic
would be to begin where It ferments
and not where the cork is pulled. If
we can stop it there we wont need high
license and can vote without laying
ourselves liable to eternal damnation.
M. E. Powell.
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