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Legislative and State House News.
Organized agriculture hits captured
Lincoln this week as never before and
the bote's have been crowded with vis
itors from every part of the state.
Uoth house and senate members have
been doing the receiving of constitu
ents in the most agreeable mannct
possible, while the farmer people have
not been at all slow in letting it be
known that they have both eyes open
on the winter's doings by this legis
lature. The Sheridan County booster,
who came down in a special train ol
Pullmans, and who brought along
their wives that all might enjoy t
visit to the state house and the mid
winter meetings, have attracted as
much attention as would the repre
sentatives of the dignitaries of some
neighboring states.) Sheridan county
leads in everything good in Lincoln
this week.
Among the big news of the week
wns the annual election of the officers
for tho state board of agriculture and
tho attendant defeat of Mellor for the
position of Secretary. The newly
elected officor to that place is K. K.
Daniclson of Osceola, who has been
with the state fair for a number of
years and who was elected last year
as one of the board of managers
There wasc onsiderable of a contest
and much surprise was indicated as
the result of the vote.
On Friday, the 19th, Governor Ne
ville attached his signature to the first
two bills to pass the legislature
those voting appropriations for the
assembly and incidental expenses ol
the same.
There has been one death among the
employes of this legislature, that of
one of the old janitors who hadserved
the state for a number of years, Mr
Alexander, who passed away verj
suddenly on Friday evening at his
home in the south part of this city.
As this letter is written, the elev
enth day of the session, there have
been 1271 bills introduced in the legis
lature. Of this number two hundred
and three have originated in the
house. Not very many have been re
ceived back from the printer, but dur
ing the hitter part fo January there
will be enough on the desks of the
members and in the hands of com
mittees to make business hum with
tho usual energy that lias marked
previous sessions.
Much ado was made by ac ertain
brand of republicans over the gover
nor's appointment of E. O. Mayfielu
to the position of member of the
Hoard of Control when the nomination
came before the Senate. Just what
this all meant was that one faction
of the renubliuan nartv wanted Mav-
field while the other did not and as
there was no good reason for the re
jection of Mr. Mayfield and he him
back of him practically all of the lead
ing men of the republican party, the
senate confirmed the nomination
There have been some "who thought
that tho governor could appoint ,onr.
who did not affiliate with any politi
cal organization. Just how they ex
pected the governor to discover that
kind of a citizen in Nebraska would
be difficult to determine.
One measure that has been up be
fore previous sessions and which has
again made its appearance in the pres
ent legislature, is that of extending
the term of office for county officers
to four years instead of two years a?
at present. The proposed law does
not affect the present county officers
And if we were going to guoss what
the result would be it is that some of
our friends over the state holding
positions of trust will be doomed to
disappointment, and this with a
knowledge that the House has already
by a large vote decided to pass the
measure. Dhcn the county officers
ask for an increase of salary thov
will find it much easier to defend
their reuuest under present day cop
ditions than they will that the t-in
be increased to four years.
Notice to Creditors.
In tliu ( iiiuity Court ol Webster County,
Nebraska
hi tlie iiinttiT of tin- I'Ntute nt i.uther
Martin. IVri'tiMd.
('minors ol said rMato will taki notice
that tin Unit) lliullid for prtMiitatlon and
llllimul I'laims aulnst Kild estate Is Annus!
Utli, HHT, and for tlie payment of debts Ik
PiccmWr .Mill, IIHT. tluit- 1 ulll sit ut the
county emu t room In said enuim on the loth
day of l'clirimr , H7. to i aiulne, hear tiud
allow nil claims duU lib d Mhlcliurea ilrst or
second Hi ii upon said estate, and on the 1Mb
day of in:iist. lit IT. to cMiiuliif. hear, ttllc.it
and adjust all claims and ohjif lions of yi'iiui
ill credltius dull tlltd.
Dated this 'Jtb da of lanuary. n., hut.
, ineal) A. i. ItivNii,
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DAISY
By JANE 08BORN.
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Daley Dodgo was standing in a
framo of sunBhlno in tho doorway of
tho llttlo eight-elded school at Dab
neyvlllo vigorously ringing tho largo
hand bell that called tho children, lit
tie and big, back to the afternoon ses
sion. "Hero's another letter for you, Miss
Dodgo," piped ono of tho oldor girls.
It was Gusslo Lovo, daughtor of tho
general storekeeper, who also acted as
postmaster.
After school Daisy began to read her
letter.
"Dear Miss," it began in large, dis
tinct, boyish writing, "I'm not much
of a letter writer, and I haven't ever
started writing to a young lady bo
ron), but It Is so loncsomo out hero
In tho lumber camp that I thought I
would begin Just to koop from getting
so dreadfully bluo. FarhnpB you have
never seen a lumber camp. I am send
ing n snapshot that shows just what I
look like. When you answer this let
ter, as I hopo you will soon, plcaso
send mo a plcturo of yourBelf. I al
ways did llko brown-eyed girls tho
best. With best wishes, Thomas Wil
liam Jones,
"P. S. I forgot to say that I am
boss of a hundred men in tho lumber
work and I own ten thousand acres
of -unworkod lumber land that I am
going to begin cutting when I havo
saved enough to begin perhaps noxt
winter."
For Just a moment, Daisy's eyes lin
gered with interest on tho snapshot
photograph that showed tho wrltor of
tho letter in his characteristic cos
tume of tho lumberman at his work.
Sho tucked tho plcturo back In tho en
velopo when sho roallzod that sho was
allowing hcrBelf to admire tho broad
shoulders, straight llguro and well-proportioned
features of tho stranger.
Then bIio took tho key from tho
pocket of hor plain school dress,
opened a desk drawer and carefully
took out ton letters that sho had re
ceived within tho last two weeks.
Why theso letters? Why these pro
posals? For half an hour Daisy sat and
pondered. Then sho wrote a letter
that sho hoped might clear up tho mys
tery and rcstoro her peace of mind.
It wns to this Thomas William
Jones, and in It sho told him frankly
what had happened and sho asked
him to help her solve tho problem.
Tho letter sho received In reply was
brief and to the point. "I am ashamed
of myself for having written tho sort
of letter I did, but I was vory lonely."
Then ho explained that ho had read
a description of Daisy In a sheet pub
lished in a matrimonial bureau.
Daley answered this letter promptly
and then waited impatiently for tho
next letter from her unseen champion.
On a warm Bprlng evening, about
two weeks later, Daisy woe sitting on
tho upper porch of her three-room
upstairs abode, when sho saw through
the somldarkneso tho tall flguro of a
stranger swinging up tho road and
then turning In at tho schoolhouso
patch. Her heart was beating with
excitement when sho reached tho
downBtalrs door and stood faco to faco
with a strango young man. Sho had
half .guessed surely sho had uppod
evon -that It was Thomas William
Jones, nnd Thomas William Jones it
turned out to bo.
"I'vo boon traveling a day and a
night to got hero," ho told her, stand
ing In her open door, hat In hand.
"Tho reason I came partly, at least
Is to tell you that I havo put a stop
to thoso annoying letters. I wont to
tho place where .they publish tho sheet
and I held them up for tho lottor. Some
ono had sent It in signed with your
namo."
Daisy and tho stranger forgot all
about tho offender and began to talk
of other matters oven about them
selves, Thoy had both been very lone
ly. They had both lived for years
without any real friends.
It was qulto dark when Thomas Wil
liam Jones started to return to the llt
tlo local tavern whero he had left bin
bag on his arrival in tho village Ho
had oocn In Daisy's company rather
less than nn hour, and already she re
garded him as hor llrm friend
"You will Just havo my word for It
that I am what I say I am," bu do
elaro'l, "but I want to tell you be
foro I leave tonight that only ono of
tho reasons I camo hero was to give
you tho letter from tho agent. The
othor reason was to find out for my
self If you nron't tho girl I havo uecn
dreaming of all my llfo. Are you going
to send mo back to tho woods without
a chanco to mako good?"
Daisy put out her hand to bid him
good night.
"You must go away now," she said,
"but I don't want you to go back to
that lonely camp until until "
For a moment ho hold her hand se
curely in his giant paw and then he
turned and went without another
word.
Daisy went to her llttlo bedroom and.
beforo tho small oil lamp, opened tho
folded pages of tho letter tho stranger
had brought from tho matrimonial
bureau. Sho read what purported to bo
a letter from herself, signed by her
own namo. It was in tho crude copy
book writing of Gusslo Lovo.
"It's a state-prison offense," sho
said,' half uloud, "but I'll forgive you,
Gusslo. 1 can nfford to. You did It to
bring mo happiness and you have suc
ceeded." (Copyright, 1SIC, by McCluro Ncwspapi'i
Syndicate.)
MfM
MATCHMAKER
V By ANNE RICHMOND.
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It was a warm day In April and
old Ilotts was sitting Just In front of
his shop door when along camo a
dainty flguro of a girl with a largo
squaro package.
"I havo Bomo books to sell," sho"
said.
Tho fact that sho was shabby and
that tho dark bluo suit sho woro was
almost as faded as his own served as
a tlo of sympathy.
So it was that ho bought tho books
without looking at them moro than
superficially, and paid her what with
him was a maximum prico 25 cents a
volume.
Sho was Miss Pansy Mead and hor
address was tho fifth floor back in a
lodging houso in a llttlo sldo street
near by.
Then, when Pansy had gono, ho
looked at tho books for wheh ho
had paid 3.7G a sum which tho
timid Pansy had seized with avidity.
Tho Bocond-hand man know that look
of eagerness, for often tho wares ho
bought woro sold for tho prico of a
moal or a night's sholter.
Tho books seemed to bo fairly new.
For this reason ho determined to put
them In ono of tho shelves In place
of some of tho less nttractlvo volumes
that woro then occupying tho place
of honor.
But when ho looked closer nt tho
books ho was moro than nmazed.
Somo of tho volumes In tho set were
missing.
Ho waited for a fow days, thinking
that perhaps tho original owner would
roturn with tho missing volumes, but
ho waited in vain. Then, ono day, ho
climbed up to tho llttlo baro room at
tho address sho had given. Ho found
tho girl surrounded by piles of half
sewed white garments.
Ho explained to her what ho sup
posed had boon her mistako and tho
girl Boomed not in tho least surprised.
"I am sorry," sho said, "and I
would llko to glvo you back tjio
money you gavo mo, but I am vory
poor. Perhaps In a fow weeks I shall
havo moro sowing to do and then I
will bring it around. Tho monoy I
raised on tho books mado It possible
for mo to make tho first payment on
a sewing machine. Then I waB able
to get this work to do. But they pay
so poorly: until I becomo expert it
means hardly enough to pay the rent
and for my simple meals. Tho worst
of it is that I do not possess tho miss
ing volumes. Thoy wero given to mo
this way and I had to sell them."
What was Old Botts to to do?
It wns pleasant sitting out of doors,
and tho second-hand' man was musing,
over tho fumes of his pipe. Then n
brisk, well-dressed man approaohed
"I'vo got somo books for sale. I'll let
you havo them for a song. It's more
to havo them out of the way than any
thing elso that I am bringing them to
you. Thero aro fifteen volumes. I'll
let you havo them for ten cents
apiece. I know that's cheap, but, to
tell you tho truth, they won't bo of
much uso to you.. Thoy nro missing
volumes. Hero nro tho first and third
volumes of tho 'Vlcomto do Brago
lonne,'" ho continued.
Tho young man opened tho suitcase
nnd took out tho handsomely bound
books. Old Botts stared and Interrupt
ed tho stranger.
"And there's tho second volumo of
'Monto Cristo,'" ho said, without
looking nt tho books. "And tho odd
numbered volumes of Groto's 'History
of Greeco' and "
"How did you know?" asked tho
younger man, amazement written all
over his face,
Tho old man led tho way insldo his
llttlo shop and pointed to tho collec
tion of books ho had placed there two
months ago.
So tho matchmaking was begun.
How tho second-hand man knew that
thero wbb a llttlo romanco at issuo
Is hard to tell. For hl3 life, spent
among old furnlturo and dilapidated
kitchen wares and dusty old books,
would hardly havo given him any Intu
ition In affairs of that sort.
Ho told tho young man of the
pretty llttlo girl who had brought tho
heavy bundlo to him and of his later
visit to hor humble quarters.
"Sho said sho would como around to
pay mo for tho books which I told
her would bo of no uso to mo and I
know sho will keep her word. Hut
now sho need not. I will buy your
batch for twenty-llvo conts apiece.
Thoy aro all In good condition."
"N'ot If I know it you won't buy
them," said tho young man. "I'll pay
you sovonty-llvo conts for each of your
volumes If you say so. Whero did
you say tho girl was staying?"
In a minuto more, tho young mnn
was off, nnd It was not till two or
three hours later that ho returned.
"I thought I would explain how It
happened,'' ho said on his return.
"You see, Miss Mead and I wero en
gaged, and It was all my fault that
wo wero separated. I went my way
and 3ho went hers. I havo been lucky
and sho has had no end of misfor
tune. Wo had given tho books to
each other as presents. It wan a llt
tlo whim of ours to glvo altermito vol
umoo so that when wo had a llttlo
homo of our own thoy would bo com
pleto. And sho had to sell hor .books
to pay for that sowing machlno and
I doclded to sell mlno just becnuso
1 couldn't bear tho sight of them any
moro."
(Copyright, 1916. by the McClurc Newspa
per Syndicate.)
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